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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.
TV: Norsk Historie
Norsk historie, sesong 1, episode 2: Nordmennenes land - 800-1270
Thyra of Denmark depicted on the Olaf and Thyra Window in Lerwick Town Hall
Thyra of Denmark (Tyri Haraldsdatter) was daughter of Harald Bluetooth of Denmark, and final wife of Olaf Tryggvason, who she married against the will of the Danish King. More information about the window can be found at…
Thorir Hund
An article about Thorir Hund, who opposed Olaf Haraldsson at Stiklestad in 1030.
Thing Sites: Discover the Viking Cradle of Democracy
The Thing Project is a project dedicated to promoting tourism by engaging with the various thing sites in northern Europe.
The Old Norse word þing, meaning assembly, was used of a place where people met to make political decisions and decide law…
The Old Norse word þing, meaning assembly, was used of a place where people met to make political decisions and decide law…
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…
Thesis: Berserkr in Old Norse and Icelandic Literature
Breen's PhD thesis on the Old Norse berserkr. The thesis itself is not available to view online but the link provides details of how to view it.
Citation:
Breen, G. J. (1999). Berserkr in Old Norse and Icelandic literature. (doctoral thesis).
Citation:
Breen, G. J. (1999). Berserkr in Old Norse and Icelandic literature. (doctoral thesis).
The Zetland Window in Lerwick Town Hall
The Zetland Window depicts Haraldr Hárfagri (Harald Fairhair), first King of Norway, who conquered Shetland in around 870, and Rognvald Eysteinsson, who was offered the first Earldom of Shetland but declined in favour of his brother Sigurd. For more…
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…
The Vikings in Scotland and Ireland in the Ninth Century
Text of Donnchadh Ó Corráin's O'Donnell Lecture, delivered at the Taylorian Building, Oxford, on Ascension Day, 1997
Chronicon 2 (1998) 3: 1-45
ISSN 1393-5259
Chronicon 2 (1998) 3: 1-45
ISSN 1393-5259
The Vikings for Kids
A website with numerous resources for teaching younger children about the Vikings
The Vikings ("Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode)
Viking history to the tune of Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode. We used clips from documentaries to make this one. The song is very Viking-ish anyway.
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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The Vikings - A Short Educational FIlm
A short educational video about the Vikings done as a project for a Western Civilization class.
The Viking Answer Lady
The Viking Answer Lady is a popular website that began life as a series of articles for the newsletter of the Barony of Bjornsborg, a branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism. It includes articles on many aspects of the Vikings.
The Thoms Window in Lerwick Town Hall, Shetland
Stained glass window depicting the third Bishop of Trondheim, Eysteinn Erlendsson and the first bishop of Ornkey and Shetland, William the Old, who probably acceded to the Bishopric around 1102. He is pictured here with a model of St Magnus…
The Song of the Vikings, Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths with Nancy Marie Brown
Nancy Marie Brown takes us back to medieval Iceland and introduces us to perhaps the greatest storyteller of the period, Snorri Sturluson. Part of the Art and Culture Series at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum.
The Magnus and Harald Window in Lerwick Town Hall
This window in Lerwick Town Hall depicts Magnus Erlendsson (later Saint Magnus) who ruled Orkney and Shetland from c. 1106 to 1115. On the right is Harald Sigurdsson (Haraldr Sigurðarson) more commonly known as Harald Hardrada (Haraldr harðráði),…
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.
The Hakon and Rognvald Window in Lerwick Town Hall
This window in Lerwick Town Hall in Shetland depicts the early tirteenth-century King of Norway, Haakon Haakonsson (Hákon Hákonarson, Håkon Håkonsson, Haakon the Old), who died in Orkney and is buried in St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall. The other…