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Blog post: Three Vikings who were more interesting (and notorious) than Ragnar Lothbrok
A blog post about Hastein Ragnarsson, Leif Eiriksson, and Oleg of Novgorod. It discusses these three Vikings and provides some primary sources that provide information about them.
Blog post: Traces of Vikings in Northern-Ireland
A brief description of traces of Vikings in Northern Ireland along the Causeway Coastal route in County Antrim, Northern-Ireland. Archaeological finds, local legends and places such as Larne or Ulfreksfjord, Fair Head, Rathlin Island and Dunluce…
Blog post: Tweeting 30 Icelandic romances in 30 days #riddarasaga
Sheryl McDonald Werronen tweeted 30 riddarasögur (courtly romances) over the course of 30 days. This blog post links to storifies of the tweets so you can catch up on them all easily.
Blog Post: UCD School of Archaeology Builds Viking House
A description of building a Viking house based on the archaeological evidence from Dublin.
Blog Post: Unn, the settler. Unn, the land-taker.
Book Review of Sophie Rogge-Börner’s Von nordischen Frauen, Königen und Bauern (‘Of Nordic Women, Kings and Peasants’) and Gisela Wenz-Hartmann’s Lebensbilder germanischer Frauen (‘Portraits of Germanic Women’) with special attention to…
Blog Post: Viking Adventure in The Netherlands
A blog post from Tamara Bakx, about a visit to an exhibition on Dragons and the history of Limburg. The blog post is named 'Vikings adventure in The Netherlands'.
Blog post: Vikings galore!
A blog post with photographs of Viking reenactors in Sweden.
Blog Post: Vikings in the Netherlands
Vikings in the the Netherlands
Blog post: Vikings: SPOILER behind the scenes post
A discussion of the TV series Vikings concerned with material from behind the scenes
Blog post: Vikings: The Last Ship
A discussion of Vikings: The Last Ship.
Blog post: Walking the Brough of Birsay, Orkney
A photoblog describing the walk to and around the Norse settlement at the Brough of Birsay.
Blog Post: Who do you think you are? — Auðr djúpúðga
If an episode of the BBC series “Who do you think you are?” was devoted to Auðr djúpúðga (‘deep-minded’), where would the journey lead to? A short essay on Auðr djúpúðga (‘deep-minded’).
Blog post: Women - Key figures in medieval Sweden
In one section of the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm representing the Viking period, Swedish women are represented in one individual display case by a great number of keys found in various archaeological digs. Keys are everyday and familiar…
Blog: A Viking Journey
An Irish woman's blog about going to Denmark to sail The Sea Stallion, a replica Viking ship.
Blog: An Historian Goes to the Movies
Larsen's blog discusses movies from the perspective of an historian. History Channel's 'Vikings' has come under his scrutiny, and this item links to the discussions on that programme.
Blog: Books and Boots
A blog with descriptions of, and links to items about, the Icelandic sagas.
Blog: Dublinia
The blog for Dublinia: Experience Viking and Medieval Dublin
Blog: Everyday Monstrosity
A blog that is primarily about monsters, but with reference to the author's research into monsters in the Icelandic sagas.
Blog: For the Archbishop's Sins - a healing miracle of St Olaf concerning Archbishop Eystein Erlendsson
A blog post about a miracle aassociated with St Olaf
Blog: Gjallar - Noormannen in de Lage Landen
A website about the Norsemen and the Vikings in the Low Countries.