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An introduction to the early medieval period in West Yorkshire.

A history of Dorestad, a trading town in the Viking Age that was raided several times.

A website about the Norsemen and the Vikings in the Low Countries.

Memorial in Lerwick Town Hall to Alfred Laurenson, a local dignitary, patron and scholar of Scandinavian literature, who died in 1890.

The memorial…

Vikings, Norse seafarers who left their homelands in Scandinavia to raid, trade, explore, and settle in wide areas of Europe, Asia, and the North…

A short educational video about the Vikings done as a project for a Western Civilization class.

A short essay about the Vikings with links to other resources.

Short descriptions of various aspects of Viking life explained with only occasional inaccuracies (such as stating that the Viking Age began c. 700 AD…

A website with numerous resources for teaching younger children about the Vikings

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…

Heimskringla is an online collection of Old Norse source material.

A short essay on the Viking Age from the Oseberg Båtlag blog.

A wiki about Viking Age and medieval Norway that was developed as a school project.

A short timeline of the Viking Age

Short summary about the Viking Age in Norway with links to further articles

A short history of the Viking Age and medieval period in Norway with exercises for pupils. These are supplements to the book 'Historie Vg2. Fra de…

An online entry in Store norske leksikon for the Viking Age in Norway

This window in St Magnus Cathedral depicts Harald Hardrada (Haraldr Sigurðarson), King of Norway from 1046 until his death in the Battle of Stamford…

A 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…

The Rose Window features a version of the coat of arms of Lerwick, with several elements of Norse heritage incorporated: the Viking ship with dragon…

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