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Mural 'Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf' in Dublin City HallA mural in Dublin City Hall entitled 'Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf 1014 A.D' by James Ward and students of the Dublin Metropolitan School of…
Mural 'Irishmen oppose the Landing of the Viking Fleet' in Dublin City HallA mural in Dublin City Hall entitled 'Irishmen oppose the Landing of the Viking Fleet, 841 A.D' by James Ward and students of the Dublin Metropolitan…
Walks through medieval Dublin with maps, from Dublincity.ieThree walking tours of medieval Dublin with maps, produced by Dublincity.ie. The third tour is named 'Dublinia', starting from this Viking…
Viking and Medieval Walk from Dublinlinks.comA short walking tour of Dublin's Viking and Medieval sites from the website http://www.dublinks.com/
Invasion: Vikings and Normans podcastPodcast on the BBC website in the series 'The Matter of the North' looking at the impact of the Vikings and Norman invasions on the North of England.…
Layout of an eleventh-century Viking-Age plot, DublinLayout of a plot excavated in 1980-81 at Wood's Quay / Fishamble Street in Dublin, and dating to the eleventh century. The plot includes several…
French Language podcast 'Dans les pas des invasions vikings'Podcast from Le Salon noir, France Culture, broadcast Saturday 9 January at 19:30.
'Dans les pas des invasions vikings' (In the Footsteps of the…
History of Cork Art Mural in Grattan Street CarparkHistory of Cork Art Mural in Grattan Street Carpark, painted by pupils from Cork Educate Together National School (Installation by O’Shea Builders Ltd…
Blog: Hereward ‘the Wake’ and King Swein Part IThe two parts of a blog post about Svend Estridsen and Hereward the Wake in post-conquest England.
Cultural Tour of Northern Shetland MapA map that has been tagged with historical events and mentions, including events from the sagas
Ten Viking Myths Busted - Get Ready To Be Surprised10 things you did not know about Vikings. A comprehensive video about these mythical warrior people who are more popular than ever. Do you think they…
Board Gaming With Historians: VikingsIn the first episode of our new video series, we play 'Vikings', a tile-placement strategy game designed by Michael Kiesling in 2007, in which Dr.…
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…
The Introduction of Sails to Scandinavia: Raw materials, Labour and LandThis paper explores the logistical consequences of the introduction of sails to Scandinavia on the threshold of the Viking Age.
Blog post: Following up on Viking SailsA follow-up post about the practicalities of making sails for Viking ships. See the related items for earlier discussion on how Vikings made sails.
Blog post: On the Trail of Sail History - the VikingsA blog post discussing the practicalities of making sails for Viking ships.
Horse-fights: The brutal entertainment of the Icelanders in the Middle AgesHorse-fights are depicted in the Icelandic sagas as a form of entertainment. This article examines how horse-fights were conducted and what their…
Thesis: Houses and households in early Icelandic society: geoarchaeology and the interpretation of social spaceMilek's thesis on using archaeological data as supporting evidence in the debate on how early Icelandic society was constituted and organised, and how…
Thesis: Berserkr in Old Norse and Icelandic LiteratureBreen'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…
Article: The Viking Sieges of ParisAn article about the Viking sieges of Paris in the ninth century.