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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.
Jorvikingi's Blog
Blog about life in tenth-century York and re-enactment
Review: Berserker: Hell's Warrior
A review of the film Berseker: Hell's Warrior. The film is about a Viking cursed to be reborn whenever he dies, and features vampiric Valkyries whose bite turns a man into a berserker.
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.
A Viking Journey (Blog)
A blog by Irish archaeologist Alva Mac Gowan, documenting this year's summer voyage with the reconstructed Viking ship Havhingsten (the Sea Stallion from Glendalough) as it takes part in the Kongens Togt (King's Journey) commemorating Cnut's conquest…
Blog: A Viking Journey
An Irish woman's blog about going to Denmark to sail The Sea Stallion, a replica Viking ship.
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: 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.
Viking Archaeology Blog
The Viking Archaeology Blog is concerned with news reports featuring Viking period archaeology. It was primarily constructed as a source for the University of Oxford Online Course in Viking Archaeology: Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers.
Blog: Viking Specialist at Large
A blog by Dr Dayanna Knight, Viking archaeologist and anthropologist, and artist.
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: Dublinia
The blog for Dublinia: Experience Viking and Medieval Dublin
Blog post: The Battle of Stamford Bridge
A Clerk of Oxford writes about the battle of Stamford Bridge and its description in Hemings þáttr.
Blog: St Olaf in England
Eleanor Parker writes about the English perspective on St Olaf in the medieval period.
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: 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: Going Berserk
A blog post on The History Channel programme 'Unconventional Warfare' and its approach to presenting the Viking berserk.
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: Stones Ingrained
A blog about early medieval art, and especially sculpture.
Blog: Vikingsnitt
A blog about Viking re-enactment in Norway by Ingrid Galadriel of Trondheim Vikinglag.