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Bloody Britain - 08/10 - the vikings
Episode 08 of Rory McGrath's comical look at some of the nastier moments in British History. This one begins with the first raid of THE VIKINGS in 793.
Blog: Women in the Viking Age then and now: Powerful then, dangerous now?
A blog post about women in the Viking Age and what the Oseberg ship burial means for our understanding of their levels of power and agency.
Blog: Why did the Viking trading town of Kaupang totally disappear?
A blog post discussing the disappearance of Kaupang i Skiringssal.
Blog: Vikingtiden i Norge
A blog about the Viking Age in Norway that was created as part of a school project
Blog: Vikingsnitt
A blog about Viking re-enactment in Norway by Ingrid Galadriel of Trondheim Vikinglag.
Blog: Viking-Age Metalwork
A blog describing research into Viking-Age metalwork by Jane Kershaw
Blog: Viking Specialist at Large
A blog by Dr Dayanna Knight, Viking archaeologist and anthropologist, and artist.
Blog: Viking Settlement in Cork
A blog post about Norse and Danish settlement in Cork
Blog: Valkyrja dot com
A blog about re-enactment of the Viking Age
Blog: Two-handed axes
A discussion about two-handed (Dane) axes, looking at typologies, and the evidence for their use.
Blog: The World Will Tremble
Tamara's discussion of the 'Vikings' TV series and the directions it will be taking.
Blog: the vikings - The Viking Culture
A blog designed to introduce the Vikings to children
Blog: The Viking Origins of the Red Hair Gene
A short article discussing the origins of the gene that controls red hair and relating it to the Vikings.
Blog: The Saga-Steads of Iceland
Emily Lethbridge's blog of how she travelled around Iceland reading the sagas at the locations where they took place.
Blog: The Quest - Vikings
Author Patricia Bracewell describes her day out to visit the location where History Channel's 'Vikings' is filmed.
Blog: The Medieval Nordic Legal Dictionary
The Medieval Nordic Legal Dictionary is a 3-year project aimed at producing a Nordic-English lexicon of the legal terminology found in medieval Scandinavian texts.
Blog: The Day of St Olaf
A blog post about an immigrant's first experience of St Olaf's Day in Norway
Blog: The Battle of Maldon
Eleanor Parker discusses the Old English poem 'The Battle of Maldon'. The poem describes a battle that is also recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and which the Vikings won. Olaf Tryggvason may have been present at this battle, as some traditions…
Blog: Stones Ingrained
A blog about early medieval art, and especially sculpture.
Blog: St Olaf in England
Eleanor Parker writes about the English perspective on St Olaf in the medieval period.