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Modern Poets on Viking Poetry
Modern Poets on Viking Poetry is a cultural engagement scheme based at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge. It is funded by the AHRC. The project aims to create cross-cultural engagement between modern and Viking…
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…
Monument to Bishop Absalon at Højerup Kirke
A monument to the twelfth-century Danish Bishop (and Archbishop) Absalon, who played a key role in Danish territorial expansion and crusades against the Wends. The memorial features a viking-style ship. It is located in the grounds of Højerup Gamle…
News: Body in well confirms Viking Saga
Archaeology News from Past Horizons. Report on archaeological findings in Trondheim, Norway.
Old Norse Lesson 1: Introducing the Language
What is Old Norse? How old is it? How is it related to English and the other languages of Northern Europe?
In this first video of a planned series, Dr. Jackson Crawford (UC Berkeley) sets out what you need to know about the language in order to…
In this first video of a planned series, Dr. Jackson Crawford (UC Berkeley) sets out what you need to know about the language in order to…
Online Learning website from Dublinia
The Online Learning Website from Dublinia features interactive maps of Viking and medieval Dublin, and nine audio visual animations on historical sites in the city, available via a free online platform at http://dublinia.ie/online-learning/
Original medieval forged chandelier from St. Olaf's church in Bø, Norway (ca. 1180).
The church in Bø was built around 1180 and was dedicated to St. Olaf. The semi-circle apse in the chancel was added at a later date. The forged iron chandelier is one of the elements in the church that remained from the middle ages.
Original medieval three-panel carved wood altar of St. Olaf's church in Bø, Norway (ca. 1180).
Interior of the church of St. Olaf in Bø (built around 1180). Original medieval three-panel carved wood altar, with the crowning of Mary featured in the middle panel.
Photograph of Icelandic saga manuscript
Photographs from Landnámssýningin Reykjavík 871±2 - The Settlement Exhibition in Iceland
Photos of Peel Castle in the Isle of Man
Peel Castle in the Isle of Man was originally constructed by the Norse King Magnus Barefoot, who reigned in the eleventh century. It incorporated an earlier celtic round-tower into the defences. Several important Viking Age finds have been recovered…
Placename - Carbost
Carbost (Gaelic: Càrrabost) at Loch Harport is the home of the Talisker distillery, but more importantly is a Norse place name on the Isle of Skye. The name is thought to mean Brushwood Farm or Copse Farm from ON kjarr 'copse, brushwood, fen or…
Powerpoint: Gylfaginning and Vernacular Traditions
Powerpoint for Snorra Edda course. It illustrates the links between Gylfaginning and other texts.
Powerpoint: Introduction to Háttatal
A Powerpoint slideshow introducing Háttatal.
Powerpoint: Introduction to Þiðrekssaga
An introduction to Þiðrekssaga.
Powerpoint: The Manuscript Tradition of Skáldskaparmál
Powerpoint slideshow introducing the manuscript tradition of Skáldskaparmál.
Powerpoint: The Young Sigurd
Presentation about Sigurd the Dragonslayer and the sources for his deeds.
Primstav
A primstav is a calendar stick that uses pictures to indicate the major non-moving religious holidays. The pictures on this one are rune-like. The oldest surviving primstav dates to 1457.
Project Andvari
Project Andvari is an international collaborative project designed to create a free digital portal that will provide integrated access to collections of northern European art and artifacts of the early medieval period (4th–12th centuries).
Project: Stories for all time: The Icelandic fornaldarsögur
Stories for all time is a research project based at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Nordic research (Nordisk Forskningsinstitut). It aims to survey the transmission history of the Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda or legendary sagas.
Raiders, Traders and Explorers: A History of the Viking Expansion
A series of items for a six week introductory course about the Vikings, including lecture slides, reading lists and notes about the course.