Viking Expansion Northwards: Mediaeval Sources
This paper intends to give an impression of the way in which the Norsemen moved north and penetrated the arctic waters.
Viking raids on the Spanish Peninsula
The Muslims described «heathens» as Majus. The name Majus – Magians was originally used of the Zoroastrians. It was then extended to other unbelievers, together with the associations of the term — e. g. incest and fire-worship.
Approaches to the study of linguistic identity in the Viking Age
Approaches to the study of linguistic identity in the Viking Age By Eldar Heide Published Online (2006) Introduction: How did the Viking migrations…
The Burning Land
The Burning Land By Bernard Cornwell Harpercollins, 2009 ISBN: 9780007219759 In the last years of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is…
Interview with Graeme Davis – Vikings in America
One of the most fascinating aspects of Norse society was their ability to explore and branch out from their base in Scandinavia. Norse…
Pagans and Christians at the frontier: Viking burial in the Danelaw
The rapid conversion of Scandinavian settlers, so we are led to believe, demonstrates the weakness of their own pagan religions in the face of an all-embracing Christianity, and provides another example of their eagerness to become assimilated.
Warriors, heroes and companions: negotiating masculinity in Viking-Age England
Warriors, heroes and companions: negotiating masculinity in Viking-Age England By D.M. Hadley Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History, Vol.15 (2008) Abstract: Detailed analysis of…
The North Atlantic Frontier of Medieval Europe
The North Atlantic Frontier of Medieval Europe Edited by James Muldoon Ashgate Publishing, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-7546-5958-7 Discussion of medieval European expansion tends to focus on…
Combs, Contact and Chronology: Reconsidering Hair Combs in Early-Historic and Viking-Age Atlantic Scotland
Combs, Contact and Chronology: Reconsidering Hair Combs in Early-Historic and Viking-Age Atlantic Scotland By Steven P. Ashby Medieval Archaeology, Vol.53 (2009) Abstract: Analysis…
The Vikings in Wales
The Vikings in Wales By Henry Loyn Dorothea Coke memorial lecture, 1976 Published for University College London by the Viking Society for Northern Research…
The Vinland Mystery
Made by the National Film Board of Canada in 1984, this short documentary depicts the search, discovery and authentication of the only known Norse settlement in North America – Vinland the Good.
Book Review: Axe of Iron: The Settlers
Axe of Iron – The Settlers By J.A. Hunsinger Vinland Publishing, 2008 In his book, Axe of Iron – The Settlers, J.A. Hunsinger…
Viking Denmark and Early Medieval Italy: a possibility for a comparison
I think that Viking Age in Denmark and the Early Middle Ages in Italy (more or less from 800 until 1100-1200) were both a period of experimentation, with changes in economy, society and, as a consequence, in settlement pattern.
The Ljudota Sword? An Episode of Contacts Between Britain and Scandinavia in the Late Viking Age
At the end of the 19th century, a sword dating from the Late Viking Age was found near Hvoshcheve village in Ukraine.
What did the Viking Discoverers of America Know of the North Atlantic Environment?
The uncontroversial evidence is therefore meager, but there are hints that the Norse did indeed appreciate many facets of North Atlantic oceanography, meteorology and climate.
The Bayeux Tapestry and the Vikings
How did the Bayeux Tapestry, with its images of Normans and Englishmen, come to be so strongly equated with the legendary Vikings in the popular imagination?
NOTES AND COMMENTARIES: ONCE AGAIN ABOUT THE SO-CALLED ‘VIKING SHIP’ AT BASARABI-MURFATLAR
NOTES AND COMMENTARIES: ONCE AGAIN ABOUT THE SO-CALLED ‘VIKING SHIP’ AT BASARABI-MURFATLAR Agrigoroaei, Vladimir Studia Patzinaka, 6, 2008, pp.147-152 Abstract One of the…
A Viking period workshop in Staraya Ladoga, excavated in 1997
A Viking period workshop in Staraya Ladoga, excavated in 1997 By Anatoliy N. Kirpichnikov Fornvannen: Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research, Vol. 99 (2004) Abstract:…
Konungur, Herkonungur, Godi: Power Dynamics in the Viking Age
Konungur, Herkonungur, Godi: Power Dynamics in the Viking Age Stevens, Keith The Endnote vol.2 (2005) Abstract The Viking Age was a time of…
L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
L’Anse aux Meadows has been a National Historic Site since 1977. Parks Canada operates a Visitor Centre which displays artifacts discovered during the archeological excavations.
The Norse in Newfoundland: L’Anse aux Meadows and Vinland
The Norse in Newfoundland: L’Anse aux Meadows and Vinland By Birgitta Wallace Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, Vol. 19:1 (2003) Introduction: One thousand years…
Introducing Medieval Scandinavia
A four-video series outlining the scope of the medieval Scandinavian world and some of its major cultural, political and literary characteristics.
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman By Nancy Marie Brown Harcourt, 2007 ISBN: 978-0151014408 Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named…
The Vikings in the Isle of Man
The Vikings in the Isle of Man By David M. Wilson Aarhus University Press, 2008 ISBN: 87 7934 370 8 The Isle of Man…
Gods and Worshippers in the Viking and Germanic world
Gods and Worshippers in the Viking and Germanic world By Thor Ewing Termpus Publishing, 2008 ISBN 978-0752435909 What was paganism really like? Who…