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Blog: The Quest - Vikings
Author Patricia Bracewell describes her day out to visit the location where History Channel's 'Vikings' is filmed.
Blog: St Olaf - our other saint
A blog post about St Olaf and discussion of which church may have given Kirkwall its name.
Blog: The Day of St Olaf
A blog post about an immigrant's first experience of St Olaf's Day in Norway
Blog: St Olaf in England
Eleanor Parker writes about the English perspective on St Olaf in the medieval period.
Blog: Renorseful - Undead Scandinavian languages in modern culture
Dr Maja Bäckvall's blog on Norse imagery and language in modern culture. The blog features many uses of runes in video games, among other topics.
Blog post: Religion and Politics in Ásatrú and Heathenry
An essay about the mixing of religion and politics in modern heathenry that considers how different groups within heathenry interpret the texts.
Blog: the vikings - The Viking Culture
A blog designed to introduce the Vikings to children
Blog: Painting History - Viking Raids
A blog post about paintings of Viking raids.
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 post: Vikings galore!
A blog post with photographs of Viking reenactors in Sweden.
Blog post: Rain stopped play
David is a photographer in Norway, who posts black and white images that include local Viking markets on the blog. This item links to one of those images, from which it is possible to find many more.
Blog post: On the Trail of Sail History - the Vikings
A blog post discussing the practicalities of making sails for Viking ships.
Blog post: Following up on Viking Sails
A follow-up post about the practicalities of making sails for Viking ships. See the related items for earlier discussion on how Vikings made sails.
Blog post: Iceland: Dramatic Viking Movie Set and Black Sand Dune Beach
The blog post features photographs of a Viking movie set in Iceland.
Blog post: Debunking the "Vikings weren't victims of climate" myth
This blog post considers the evidence for Greenland being warmer when settled by Vikings than it is now.
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: Past to Paper: The Vikings
A blog post about different ways in which Vikings might be used in fiction.
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: Serendipity: Vikings in Black and White
A blog post about Jorge Luis Borges' observation of the lack of colour in Old Norse literature.
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…