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Noormannen in het rivierenland

Aan het begin van de zevende eeuw ontwikkelde Dorestad zich tot het belangrijkste handelscentrum van Noord-west-Europa. Maar Dorestad raakte in de tweede helft van de negende eeuw uit de gratie en het verval sloeg toe. Tiel nam de leidende positie…

Tags: Book, Dorestad, Dutch, History, Raids, The Netherlands, Viking Age, Wijk bij Duurstede

Blog: Het Vikinglanghuis

A Dutch blog about the Vikings.

Tags: Blog, The Netherlands, Viking Age

Blog: Gjallar - Noormannen in de Lage Landen

A website about the Norsemen and the Vikings in the Low Countries.

Tags: Belgium, Blog, History, The Low Countries, The Netherlands, Viking Age

Dorestad onthuld

A history of Dorestad, a trading town in the Viking Age that was raided several times.

Tags: Dorestad, Frisia, History, The Netherlands, Viking Age

Course Syllabus: Religion and Mythology in the Viking Age

This is the syllabus for a course on pre-Christian religion/s in the Viking Age, which I taught in the spring of 2014. It was part of a two-semester 'valgfag' programme at Aarhus University titled "Viking Studies", so the students (drawn from a range…

Tags: Courses, Educational Resource, Lesson Plan, Medieval, Migration Period, Tertiary Education, Viking Age

Commercial: Thor's Tipi Bar

Thor's Tipi Bar is a pop-up Christmas bar that can be found in Sheffield, York and Leeds. It advertises itself as a friendly Viking bar where little Vikings are welcome, and uses the tagline 'Drink Feast Conquer Repeat'.

Tags: Branding, Commercial, England, Marketing, Modern, Sheffield, Thor, Yorkshire

Viking replica boat, Unst, Shetland

A replica of a Viking ship in Unst, Shetland

Tags: Modern, Reconstruction, Replica, Seafaring, Shetland, Ships, Unst

Tapestry in Christiansborg Palace

The tapestries in the Christiansborg Palace depict 1100 years of Danish history from the Viking Age through to the year 2000. These images are of the Viking Age tapestry, and include detail showing Thor.

Tags: Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, Danmark, Denmark, København, Slotsholmen, Tapestries

Reconstruction of Tjodhilde's Church in Brattahlíð, Greenland

Tjodhild came to Greenland with her husband Erik the Red, founder of the first settlement in Greenland at Brattahlíð. The small church (or chapel) at Brattahlíð (Þjóðhildarkirkja) was named after her, and is…

Tags: Brattahlíð, Buildings, Church, Erik the Red, Greenland, Religion, Viking Age

A modern version of a Norse rune stone from Qassiarsuk in South Greenland

Photograph of a reconstructed rune stone by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland

Tags: Brattahlíð, Greenland, Modern, Reconstruction, Rune stones, Runeinnskrifter, Runeinskrifter, Runes / Runer, Runestein, Runesten, Runestones, Runic, Runic inscriptions, Runinskrifter, Viking, Writing

Cross in the interior of Tjodhilde's Church in Qassiarsuk

An image of the interior of the reconstructed church (or chapel) known as Tjodhilde's Church in Qassiarsuk, Southern Greenland by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland

Tags: Brattahlíð, Buildings, Christianity, Church, Greenland, Reconstruction, Religion

Leif Ericson on the ridge above Qassiarsuk in South Greenland

Photograph of the statue of the Norse explorer and settler Leif Ericson on the ridge above Qassiarsuk in South Greenland by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland

Tags: Brattahlíð, Greenland, Leif Ericson, Modern, Statues

Photo of the Axe of Leif Ericson Statue overlooking Qassiarsuk

Detail of the statue of Leif Ericson, overlooking Qassiarsuk in Southern Greenland by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland

Tags: Axes, Brattahlíð, Leif Ericson, Modern, Reception, Statues

Forged Vlfberht Swords

An account in The Guardian (27 December 2008) discusses how a modern collector had taken a sword thought to be made by the famous smith Ulfberht to the Wallace Collection, where it was found to be a fake. The sword was not of the same high quality as…

Tags: Fake, Forgery, Swords, Ulfberht, Viking Age, Warfare, Weapons

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