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The Vikings! - Crash Course World History 224 Video
In which John Green teaches you about Vikings! That's right, one of our most requested subjects, the Vikings, right here on Crash Course. So what's the deal with Vikings? Well, the stuff you've heard about them may not be true. The Vikings weren't…
Article: The Viking Sieges of Paris
An article about the Viking sieges of Paris in the ninth century.
Thesis: Houses and households in early Icelandic society: geoarchaeology and the interpretation of social space
Milek's thesis on using archaeological data as supporting evidence in the debate on how early Icelandic society was constituted and organised, and how it developed over its first 200 years. The thesis is available to download at the item's…
TV: Norsk Historie
Norsk historie, sesong 1, episode 2: Nordmennenes land - 800-1270
Digitala Sveriges Runinskrifter
Digital copies of the series "Sveriges runinskrifter", the standard corpus work for Swedish runic inscriptions.
Viking Age Podcast
A (mostly) weekly podcast devoted to telling a (mostly) narrative history of the Viking Age. Currently covering the early Viking Age in Ireland and Scotland.
Legends & Chronicles: The Vikings
Short descriptions of various aspects of Viking life explained with only occasional inaccuracies (such as stating that the Viking Age began c. 700 AD instead of later in the eighth century).
Lecture: Leszek Gardela (University of Rzeszów)
‘(Re)Discovering the Vikings in Poland: From 19th Century Romantics to Contemporary Warriors’
Leszek Gardela (University of Rzeszów)
‘(Re)Discovering the Vikings in Poland: From 19th Century Romantics to Contemporary Warriors’
Plenary Address at the IRC-Funded Conference ''Rediscovering the Vikings', UCC, 25 Nov. 2016.
‘(Re)Discovering the Vikings in Poland: From 19th Century Romantics to Contemporary Warriors’
Plenary Address at the IRC-Funded Conference ''Rediscovering the Vikings', UCC, 25 Nov. 2016.
LibraryThing: Vikings
LibraryThing is a site for cataloguing your books online. It is possible to search the site by keyword and read reviews that other people have written about the books. This item links to a search for 'Vikings' that returned over 1000 results.
The Introduction of Sails to Scandinavia: Raw materials, Labour and Land
This paper explores the logistical consequences of the introduction of sails to Scandinavia on the threshold of the Viking Age.
Noormannen in de Lage Landen: Handelaten, huurlingen, en heersers
A history of the Vikings in the Netherlands by amateur historian Luit van der Tuuk
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…
Blog: Gjallar - Noormannen in de Lage Landen
A website about the Norsemen and the Vikings in the Low Countries.
Dorestad onthuld
A history of Dorestad, a trading town in the Viking Age that was raided several times.
The Vikings for Kids
A website with numerous resources for teaching younger children about the Vikings
Viking Battle Formations
A discussion of the probable reality of Viking battle formations and a comparison of that reality with depictions in film and on television.
The Vikings - In a nutshell
Vikings, Norse seafarers who left their homelands in Scandinavia to raid, trade, explore, and settle in wide areas of Europe, Asia, and the North Atlantic islands, from the late 8th to the mid-11th centuries. Learn it all in a Nutshell.
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Vikingtiden
A short essay on the Viking Age from the Oseberg Båtlag blog.
The Vikings - A Short Educational FIlm
A short educational video about the Vikings done as a project for a Western Civilization class.
Mondes normands médiévaux
Le carnet MNM se veut une entrée vers les recherches qui intéressent les mondes normands médiévaux, entendu au sens large pour désigner d’une part l’espace occupé ou colonisé par les Scandinaves aux VIIIe-XIe siècle et de l’autre les…