Webstedet Studér Middelalder På Nettet indeholder danske tekster fra middelalderen i tekstkritiske udgaver. Materialet dækker: perioden ca. 1100-1515; sprogene gammeldansk og latin; genrer som ridderromaner, krøniker og lovtekster; og forskellige…
Sheep were an important source of milk, meat and wool. The cloth made from wool was even a form of currency in Iceland during the Viking Age. Wool was gathered by plucking the sheep or by collecting it after it had been shed naturally. They did not…
Two NASA space probes sent to Mars in the 1970s were named Viking 1 and Viking 2. They both consisted of an orbiter and a lander, which photographed the planet and took measurements from its surface. The naming reflects the association of the Vikings…
Text of Donnchadh Ó Corráin's O'Donnell Lecture, delivered at the Taylorian Building, Oxford, on Ascension Day, 1997
Chronicon 2 (1998) 3: 1-45
ISSN 1393-5259
An event report documenting a Viking-themed public event held at Lodi Public Library September 27, 2015. This report includes local demographics illustrating interest in medieval topics as well as sample marketing material.
A paper helmet mask based on the Gjermundbu Helmet of Norway, dating to the second half of the 10th century (sometime between 950 and 975AD). This work was created as part of the participant packet for attendees of Viking Fest, Lodi, California.…
Norse myths and medieval sagas have been the source for “popular” cultural trends since the first nationalistic approach of the Romantics in 19th century Europe. Today, such Norse-based representations have established a distinct visual and…
A database of Scandinavian and Anglo-Scandinavian female personal ornaments in England. This research forms the basis of the book 'Viking Identities: Scandinavian Jewellery in England.'
This is the opening poem of the Poetic Edda, chanted in a style influenced by rímur tradition by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, allsherjargoði (very roughly translated as "high priest") of Iceland's Ásatrúarfélagið (Æsir Faith Fellowship) from…