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Blog post: Serendipity: Vikings in Black and WhiteA blog post about Jorge Luis Borges' observation of the lack of colour in Old Norse literature.
Blog Post: The Dutch story of Mariken of NijmegenBlog post by Tamara Bakx: The Dutch story of Mariken of Nijmegen rewritten as a Viking tale. Based on a story by De meesters van Katherina van Kleef…
Blog post: The Kilmorie CrossDiscussion and photographs of the Viking Age cross at Kirkcolm in the Rhinns of Galloway. The cross is Christian but features a figure identified as…
Blog post: The Old Woman and the SeaA discussion of the naming of ships in medieval and modern times after the Viking Age woman Auður djúpúðga in Iceland.
Blog post: Three Vikings who were more interesting (and notorious) than Ragnar LothbrokA blog post about Hastein Ragnarsson, Leif Eiriksson, and Oleg of Novgorod. It discusses these three Vikings and provides some primary sources that…
Blog post: Traces of Vikings in Northern-IrelandA brief description of traces of Vikings in Northern Ireland along the Causeway Coastal route in County Antrim, Northern-Ireland. Archaeological…
Blog post: Tweeting 30 Icelandic romances in 30 days #riddarasagaSheryl McDonald Werronen tweeted 30 riddarasögur (courtly romances) over the course of 30 days. This blog post links to storifies of the tweets so you…
Blog Post: UCD School of Archaeology Builds Viking HouseA description of building a Viking house based on the archaeological evidence from Dublin.
Blog Post: Unn, the settler. Unn, the land-taker.Book Review of Sophie Rogge-Börner’s Von nordischen Frauen, Königen und Bauern (‘Of Nordic Women, Kings and Peasants’) and Gisela Wenz-Hartmann’s…
Blog Post: Viking Adventure in The NetherlandsA blog post from Tamara Bakx, about a visit to an exhibition on Dragons and the history of Limburg. The blog post is named 'Vikings adventure in The…
Blog post: Vikings galore!A blog post with photographs of Viking reenactors in Sweden.
Blog Post: Vikings in the NetherlandsVikings in the the Netherlands
Blog post: Vikings: SPOILER behind the scenes postA discussion of the TV series Vikings concerned with material from behind the scenes
Blog post: Vikings: The Last ShipA discussion of Vikings: The Last Ship.
Blog post: Walking the Brough of Birsay, OrkneyA photoblog describing the walk to and around the Norse settlement at the Brough of Birsay.
Blog Post: Who do you think you are? — Auðr djúpúðgaIf an episode of the BBC series “Who do you think you are?” was devoted to Auðr djúpúðga (‘deep-minded’), where would the journey lead to? A short…
Blog post: Women - Key figures in medieval SwedenIn one section of the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm representing the Viking period, Swedish women are represented in one individual display case…
Blog: A Viking JourneyAn Irish woman's blog about going to Denmark to sail The Sea Stallion, a replica Viking ship.
Blog: An Historian Goes to the MoviesLarsen's blog discusses movies from the perspective of an historian. History Channel's 'Vikings' has come under his scrutiny, and this item links to…
Blog: Books and BootsA blog with descriptions of, and links to items about, the Icelandic sagas.