IHTA: Towns of Viking Origin
Research
The Irish Historic Towns Atlas is now online with a series of pages on towns of Viking origin.
Howard Clarke
Irish Historic Towns Atlas
Royal Irish Academy
06/12/2016
Rachel Murphy
RIA
https://www.ria.ie
Hyperlink
English
Engelsk
Hyperlink
https://www.ria.ie/towns-viking-origin
Ireland, Viking Age
Lancaster City Museum
Museums
Lancaster City Museum holds a collection of various Viking Age finds including combs and spearheads, as well as other objects found at Heysham.
Lancaster City Museum
Lancaster City Museum
Lancashire County Council
21/11/2016
Adam Parsons
Lancashire County Council
Hyperlink
English
Engelsk
Hyperlink
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/museums/lancaster-city-museum.aspx
England, Viking Age, Vikingatida, Vikingtiden, Vikingetiden, Early Medieval, Lancaster
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
Museums
The archaeological collection at Tullie House contains the remains of eight pagan inhumations and a selection of Viking Age stray finds.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
21/11/2016
Adam Parsons
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
Website
English
Engelsk
Website
<a href="http://www.tulliehouse.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.tulliehouse.co.uk/</a>
England, Viking Age, Vikingatida, Vikingtiden, Vikingetiden, Early Medieval, Carlisle
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Museums
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery contains a selection of artefacts from the early medieval period in its Anglo-Saxon and Viking gallery, including the remains of Viking oval brooches from Santon Downham
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Norfolk Museums Service
21/11/2016
Adam Parsons
Norfolk Museums Service
Hyperlink
English
Engelsk
Hyperlink
<a href="http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/visit_us/norwich_castle/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/visit_us/norwich_castle/index.htm</a>
England, Viking Age, Vikingatida, Vikingtiden, Vikingetiden, Early Medieval, Norwich
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Museums
Derby Museum contains remains of a Viking man, his sword and other items from teh burial at Repton Church, as well as an early medieval sculpture collection.
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
21/11/2016
Adam Parsons
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Website
English
Engelsk
Website
<a href="https://www.derbymuseums.org/locations/museum-art-gallery" target="_blank">https://www.derbymuseums.org/locations/museum-art-gallery</a>
Derby, England, Viking Age, Vikingatida, Vikingtiden, Vikingetiden, Early Medieval
'Truso – the legend of the Baltic Sea' exhibition in the Museum of Archaeology and History in Elbląg
Museums
''Truso – the legend of the Baltic Sea' is the title of a new exhibition presented in the Museum of Archaeology and History in Elbląg. Until recently we knew Truso only from its name, which was written down by an Anglo-Saxon sailor Wulfstan. In the late 9th century he set off on his most important journey: from Hedeby in Denmark to Truso in the Vistula River estuary. Wulfstan's account of the journey was placed by Alfred the Great in his translation of Orosius' Chorography.'
Museum of Archaeology and History in Elbląg
Museum of Archaeology and History in Elbląg
16/11/2016
Klaudia Karpińska
(c) The Museum of Archaeology and History in Elbląg
<a href="http://www.muzeum.elblag.pl/" target="_blank">http://www.muzeum.elblag.pl/</a>
Website
Polish, English, German, Russian
Website
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2871
Viking Age, Modern, Truso, Janów Pomorski, Elbląg, Poland, Polen, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden
Fornsalen
Museums
Fornsalen in Visby has displays about the history of Gotland.
Gotlands Museum
Gotlands Museum
16/11/2016
Marcus Smith
Gotlands Museum
http://www.gotlandsmuseum.se/
Website
Swedish
Svensk
Svenska
Website
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2869
Viking Age, Vikingatida, Vikingtiden, Vikingetiden, Gotland, Visby, Middelalder, Medieval
Staff from Gävle
Archaeological artefacts
This staff has been found in Gävle (Gastrikland, Sweden) in a grave in which have been also discovered weaponry and jewellery. It has been made from iron with ornamentation with bronze animal heads. In the lower part it has ring with tree iron pendants.
Photo of this artefact has been took on the temporary exhibition entitled 'Die Wikinger' which took place in Berlin in 2014.
References:
- Gardeła L. 2016: (Magic) Staffs in the Viking Age, Studia Medievalia Septentrionalia 27, Wien.
- Price N. 2002: The Viking Way: Religion and War in Late Iron Age Scandinavia, AUN 31, Uppsala.
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
17/12/2014
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
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No linguistic content
StillImage
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2865
Viking Age, Gävle, Gastrikland, Sweden, Sverige, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden
Staff from Fuldby
Archaeological artefacts
This iron staff has been found in heavily disturbed grave in Fuldby (Bjernede, Søre, Denmark). The staff has been probably covered with a large stone.
Photo of this artefact has been took on the temporary exhibition entitled 'Die Wikinger' which took place in Berlin in 2014.
References:
- Gardeła L. 2016: (Magic) Staffs in the Viking Age, Studia Medievalia Septentrionalia 27, Wien.
- Price N. 2002: The Viking Way: Religion and War in Late Iron Age Scandinavia, AUN 31, Uppsala.
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
17/12/2014
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
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No linguistic content
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2864
10th century, Fuldby, Bjernede, Søre, Denmark, Viking Age, Danmark, Vikingtiden, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden
Mask from Hedeby
Archaeological artefact
This mask is one from two exemplars which have been found rolled in a ship discovered in harbour at Hedeby / Haithaby (currently Germany). They have been used as caulking of a hull.
The mask, presented on the photo, has been made of red felt. It is uncertain what species of mammal it represent - dog? sheep? fox? Unknown is also function of this object, it may be used as theatrical implement, ritual item, or element of disguise. Inga Hägg suggested, that Hedeby mask could be connected with berserkers or ulfhéðnar.
This find is a part of the permanent exhibition in the Hedeby Viking Museum / Wikinger Museum Haithabu.
References:
Hägg I. 1984a: Die Textilfunde aus dem Hafen von Haithabu, Berichte über die Ausgrabungen in Haithabu 20, Neumünster.
Hägg I. 1984b: Textilfunde aus dem Hafen von Haithabu. Aspekte und Interpretation, Offa 41, Neumünster, pp. 177-188.
Price N. 2002: The Viking Way: Religion and War in Late Iron Age Scandinavia, AUN 31, Uppsala.
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
20/07/2015
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
http://www.schloss-gottorf.de/haithabu
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No linguistic content
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2863
Viking Age, Hedeby, Haithabu, Germany, Denmark, Danmark, Tyskland, Vikingtiden, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden
Snaptun Stone
Archaeological artefacts
Snaptun stone is tuyère which protect the bellows from a heat of a blacksmith's forge. It has been found on a beach near Snaptun, Demark. On the stone has been carved face with long, curled moustache and stitched mouth. Researchers have identified this face as depiction of god Loki, because in the Prose Edda (Skáldskaparmál) has been included tale in which mouth of this god has been stitch up.
Snaptun stone is currently displayed in the 'vǫlva cottage', on the permanent exhibition devoted to the Viking Age in the Moesgård Museum, Denmark.
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
21/07/2015
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
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No linguistic content
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2861
11th century, Snaptun, Demark, Danmark, Viking Age, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden
Staff from Hemdrup
Archaeological artefacts
The Hemdrup staff has been found in a bog at Hemdrup (Næsborg, Jylland, Denmark). It has been made from yew wood and it is 50 cm long. On the staff have been carved depiction of fantastic animals, human's silhouette and triquetra symbol. Moreover, on it have been put two runic inscriptions. First of them, consist of the runes which currently are not deciphered. Second of them has been variously interpreted by specialist (see discussion in Price 2002:202).
Staff from Hemdrup is currently displayed in the 'vǫlva cottage', on the permanent exhibition devoted to the Viking Age in the Moesgård Museum, Denmark.
Internet:
Detailed photos of staff from Hemdrup in the Nationalmuseets on-line database: http://samlinger.natmus.dk/search?q=Hemdrup%20runepind
Description of Hemdrup staff in PCRN on-line database: http://skaldic.abdn.ac.uk/db.php?id=30270&if=myth&table=mss
References:
- Back Danielsson I.-M. 2001: Hemdrup-staven - ett nytt tolkningsförslag, Fornvännen 96, pp. 73-77 (available on-line: http://samla.raa.se/xmlui/bitstream/handle/raa/2981/2001_073.pdf?sequence=1).
- Gardeła L. 2016: (Magic) Staffs in the Viking Age, Studia Medievalia Septentrionalia, Band 27, Wien.
- Nielsen N-Å. 1984: Nyt om Hemdrup træpind, KUML 1982-1983, pp. 219-221.
- Price N., The Viking Way: Religion and War in Late Iron Age Scandinavia, AUN 31, Uppsala.
- Röstberg M. A. 2009: Hemdrupstaven : ett redskap för medicinsk magi, Fornvännen 104, pp. 208-210 (available on-line: http://samla.raa.se/xmlui/bitstream/handle/raa/3216/2009_208.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y).
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
19.03.2016
Klaudia Karpińska
Klaudia Karpińska
http://skaldic.abdn.ac.uk/db.php?id=30270&if=myth&table=mss
http://samlinger.natmus.dk/search?q=Hemdrup%20runepind
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No linguistic content
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2860
Viking Age, Hemdrup, Næsborg, Jylland, Denmark, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden, Danmark
The Last Kingdom | Series Trailer
Television series
The year is 872, and many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen to the invading Danes, leaving the great kingdom of Wessex standing alone and defiant under the command of King Alfred.
Against this turbulent backdrop lives our hero, Uhtred. Born the son of a Saxon nobleman, he is captured by the Danes and raised as one of their own. Forced to choose between the country of his birth and the people of his upbringing, his loyalties are ever tested.
What is he? Saxon or Dane?
On a quest to reclaim his birthright, Uhtred must tread a dangerous path between both sides if he is to play his part in the birth of a new nation and, ultimately, recapture his ancestral lands.
The Last Kingdom starts on 22nd October on BBC2 & 10th October on BBC America. *WARNING: Contains scenes of violence*
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Directed by: Nick Murphy, Anthony Byrne, Ben Chanan, Peter Hoar
Written by: Stephen Butchard, based on Bernard Cornwell’s The Saxon Stories
Cast: Alexander Dreymon, David Dawson, Jason Flemyng and Matthew Macfadyen
Stephen Butchard
http://YouTube.com
The Last Kingdom<br />published via YouTube.com
14/10/2015
Administrator
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms">Standard YouTube License</a><br />This video represents licensed content on YouTube, meaning that the content has been claimed by a YouTube content partner.
Youtube video
English
Engelsk
MovingImage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxPApTGWwas
Modern, Viking Age, England, Vikingatida, Vikingtiden, Vikingetiden
Silver fibulae from Denmark
Archaeological artefacts
Two silver fibulae depicting women. One shows a woman with two plaits in her hair. The other shows an armed person on horseback with an armed woman holding the horse.
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:bloodofox:
:bloodofox:
27/05/2008
Administrator
:bloodofox:
http://natmus.dk/
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No linguistic content
StillImage
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silver_figure_with_hair_and_silver_figure_with_horse.jpg
Viking Age, Denmark, Vikingatida, Vikingtiden, Vikingetiden, Danmark
Tweezers
Archaeological artefacts
Tweezers were part of every Viking's basic toilet articles.
Mårten Teigen
Universitetsmuseenes fotoportal
Kulturhistorisk museum, UiO
2016
Administrator
Kulturhistorisk museum, UiO / CC BY-SA 4.0
Mårten Teigen
http://www.unimus.no/
http://www.khm.uio.no/
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No linguistic content
StillImage
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2848
Bestillingsnr: Cf28707_759_C53631_18
Museumsnummer: C53631_18
Viking Age, Vikingtiden, Vikingetiden, Vikingatida, Norge, Norway, Telemark, Tinn, Maarem Nordre
Time Warp Trio Lesson Plan to accompany the book
Educational Resource
The lesson plan was designed to supplement the reading of the book, "Viking It and Liking It" by Jon Scieszka, which is part of a series of books called Time Warp Trio. This was then turned into a television series. Instead of playing Viking Football Smashfest, Joe, Fred, and Sam are sent back in time and accompany Leif Erikson as he travels and finds North America.
Book: Jon Scieszka
TV show: WGBH and Soup2Nuts for Discovery Kids
Lesson plan: WGBH Educational Foundation
Danica Ramsey-Brimberg
Danica Ramsey-Brimberg
2005
Danica Ramsey-Brimberg
Time Warp Trio is a registered trademark of Chucklebait, LLC. The rights for this lesson plan belong to the WGBH Educational Foundation.
http://www.timewarptrio.com/
pdf
English
Website
http://www.timewarptrio.com/teachers-parents/lessons/pdf/twt-lesson-vikings.pdf
1001 AD, North America
Fra utgravningen av Oseberg 1904 / Historical Photo of the Oseberg Ship Excavation
Viking ships
The Oseberg ship during excavation in 1904. For a full sized image, see <a href="http://www.unimus.no/foto/imageviewer.html#/?id=12756822&type=jpeg" target="_blank">here</a>
Væring, Olaf (Photographer)
<a href="http://www.unimus.no/felles/bilder/web_hent_bilde.php?id=12756822&type=small" target="_blank">http://www.unimus.no/felles/bilder/web_hent_bilde.php?id=12756822&type=small</a>
Universitetsmuseens fotoportal
1904
Admin
© 2016 Kulturhistorisk museum, UiO / CC BY-SA 4.0
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Still Image
http://www.unimus.no/felles/bilder/web_hent_bilde.php?id=12756822&type=small
Norway
Viking Age
Viking Age shield from Gokstad
Archaeological artefacts
A preserved wooden shield with boss from the Gokstad burial.
RDale
RDale
RDale
09/09/2016
RDale
RDale
http://www.khm.uio.no/
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No linguistic content
StillImage
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2825
Viking Age, Norway, Norge, Oslo, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden, Gokstad, Sandefjord, Vestfold, 9th century
Arrow heads
Archaeological Artefacts
Iron arrow heads
RDale
RDale
RDale
09/09/2016
RDale
RDale
http://www.khm.uio.no/
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No linguistic content
StillImage
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2824
Viking Age, Norway, Norge, Oslo, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden
Iron shears
Archaeological Artefacts
Iron shears
RDale
RDale
RDale
09/09/2016
RDale
RDale
http://www.khm.uio.no/
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No linguistic content
StillImage
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2823
Viking Age, Norway, Norge, Oslo, Vikingatida, Vikingetiden, Vikingtiden