Nails, Rivets, and Clench Bolts: A Case for Typological Clarity
Nails, Rivets, and Clench Bolts: A Case for Typological Clarity Zori, Davide (University of California) Archaeologia Islandica 6 (2007) Abstract This paper reevaluates the current…
Scholar finds evidence of links between Vikings and North American natives
Old Norse sagas such as Saga of Erik the Red and the Saga of the Greenlanders have been long been considered among the…
“Apud Lotharingos Altus et Doctus”: Leofric of Exeter, 1050-1072
“Apud Lotharingos Altus et Doctus”: Leofric of Exeter, 1050-1072 Corradini, Erika (University of Leicester) The Proceedings of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies…
Talking about history in eleventh century England: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and the court of Harthacnut
Talking about history in eleventh century England: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and the court of Harthacnut Tyler, Elizabeth M. Early Medieval Europe, 13…
Fact and Pattern in Heroic History: Dudo of St.Quentin
Fact and Pattern in Heroic History: Dudo of St.Quentin By Eleanor Searle Viator, Vol.15 (1984) Abstract: Around the turn of the millenium, Dudo…
The Origins of King’s Lynn? Control of Wealth on the Wash Prior to the Norman Conquest
The Origins of King’s Lynn? Control of Wealth on the Wash Prior to the Norman Conquest Hutcheson, A.R.J. Medieval Archaeology, 50, (2006) Abstract This…
Caring for the Dead in Late Anglo-Saxon England
This article will highlight the diversity of both burial rite and burial location in the later Anglo-Saxon period and will examine the ways in which the archaeological evidence serves to complement the contemporary written evidence for the treatment of the dead.
Was Cnut a True Christian, or Just a Shrewd Politician?
Was Cnut a True Christian, or Just a Shrewd Politician? By David R. Hathaway Colloquia, Vol.25 (2004) Introduction: The Christian church, which had…
Rebellion, Combat, and Massacre: A Medieval Mass Grave at Sandbjerg near Næstved in Denmark
Rebellion, Combat, and Massacre: A Medieval Mass Grave at Sandbjerg near Næstved in Denmark By Pia Bennike Warfare and society : archaeological and…
Viking Age Arms and Armor Originating in the Frankish Kingdom
In the examination of material remains, illustrations, and capitularies, the reason why Carolingian arms and armor were prized amongst the Viking nations can be ascertained and evidence found as to how the Vikings came to possess such valued items.
The Conversion of the Vikings in Ireland from a Comparative Perspective
The primary goal of this study is to try to determine when, how, and by whom the Vikings who settled in Ireland were converted to Christianity.
The Enchanted Islands: A comparison of mythological traditions from Ireland and Iceland
The Enchanted Islands: A comparison of mythological traditions from Ireland and Iceland By Katarzyna Herd Master’s Thesis, University of Jyväskylä, 2008 Introduction: Ancient Europe…
Mother, wife, temptress, virgin and tyrant: defining images of feminine power in medieval queenship and modern politics
Mother, wife, temptress, virgin and tyrant: defining images of feminine power in medieval queenship andmodern politics Curwen, Emma B.A. Thesis, Regis University, May (2009)…
Lincolnshire and the Danes
Lincolnshire and the Danes Criddle, Peter LINCOLNSHIRE LIFE • October (2008) English historians of Victorian times were often very interested in the emergence…
Perpetuus Rex Norvegiae and Pyratarum Dux: Olaf Haraldsson’s Conversion of Norway and The Presence of Norman Power in Northern Europe
Perpetuus Rex Norvegiae and Pyratarum Dux: Olaf Haraldsson’s Conversion of Norway and The Presence of Norman Power in Northern Europe By Rachael Kerrigan…
Major Viking Exhibition and Conference at the County Museum, Dundalk, Ireland
Following the discovery of the Viking site in Annagassan last year, the County Museum, Dundalk has announced details of a major exhibition entitled…
A social analysis of Viking jewellery from Iceland
This thesis is original in attempting to decipher the social messages conveyed in jewellery.
A Viking Base in Gascony?
A Viking Base in Gascony? By Joel Supery Published Online (2009) Abstract: Vikings have been launching massive attacks on the coasts and rivers of…
“Ek Skal Hér Ráða”: Themes of Female Honor in the Icelandic Sagas
“Ek Skal Hér Ráða”: Themes of Female Honor in the Icelandic Sagas Rivenbark, Susan Elizabeth (University of North Carolina at Wilmington) M.A. Thesis, Appalachian…
Judging Vikings: Ethics and morality in two Icelandic family sagas, Laxdaela saga and Vatnsdaela saga
To discern these ethics it seemed to be the right way not to look at the religious aspects of the saga, but just by looking at how the people behaved and how they are judged. For this purpose, one needs sagas that have interesting conflicts.
Textual evidence for spilling lines in the rigging of medieval Scandinavian keels
Textual evidence for spilling lines in the rigging of medieval Scandinavian keels Sayers, William (Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York) The International Journal of…
Selective female infanticide as partial explanation for the dearth of women in Viking Age Scandinavia
‘So you are with child. If you should bear a girl, it shall be exposed, but if a boy, then it shall be raised.’ –
Wulfstan’s Eschatology and its Sources
Wulfstan’s Eschatology and its Sources By Hans Bork Published Online (2010) Introduction: There is no shortage of scholarly works that study the eschatology…
Freyja’s Cats: Perspectives on Recent Viking Age Finds in Þegjandadalur North Iceland
Although somewhat hidden, cats are there and quite prominent. One just needs to know how to find them and distinguish their meaning.
Medieval North European Spindles and Whorls
This document discusses spindle whorls and shafts found throughout the areas Scandinavians lived in during the Middle Ages (800-1500 CE).