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Time Commanders - Battle of Stamford BridgeA television programme where a team of ordinary people takes command of the Anglo-Saxon army against the Norwegian army at Stamford Bridge in 1066
Errors on Viking sun compass hint at alternative purposeA wooden fragment found at Uunartoq, Greenland, in 1948 has long been thought to be a sun compass that Vikings used to navigate. Balázs Bernáth, et…
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.
Little VikingsLittle Vikings is a print and online magazine that provides ideas for things to do with children in York and surrounding areas. Other than the…
Experiment with the VikingsA comprehensive collection of activities that help to incorporate STEM into your Vikings topic. This resource links directly to various topics,…
Illustration of Yggdrasill by Lorenz FrølichPublished in Karl Gjellerup, Den ældre Eddas gudesange oversatte samt indledede og forklarede af Karl Gjellerup med tegninger af Lorenz Frølich…
The Kensington RunestoneThe Kensington runestone is one of several runestones found in the American Midwest. Olof Ohman claimed to have discovered it in 1898 near Kensington,…
Noormannen in de Lage Landen: Handelaten, huurlingen, en heersersA history of the Vikings in the Netherlands by amateur historian Luit van der Tuuk
Noormannen in het rivierenlandAan het begin van de zevende eeuw ontwikkelde Dorestad zich tot het belangrijkste handelscentrum van Noord-west-Europa. Maar Dorestad raakte in de…
Blog: Het VikinglanghuisA Dutch blog about the Vikings.
Blog: Gjallar - Noormannen in de Lage LandenA website about the Norsemen and the Vikings in the Low Countries.
Dorestad onthuldA history of Dorestad, a trading town in the Viking Age that was raided several times.
Course Syllabus: Religion and Mythology in the Viking AgeThis is the syllabus for a course on pre-Christian religion/s in the Viking Age, which I taught in the spring of 2014. It was part of a two-semester…
Commercial: Thor's Tipi BarThor's Tipi Bar is a pop-up Christmas bar that can be found in Sheffield, York and Leeds. It advertises itself as a friendly Viking bar where little…
Viking replica boat, Unst, ShetlandA replica of a Viking ship in Unst, Shetland
Tapestry in Christiansborg PalaceThe tapestries in the Christiansborg Palace depict 1100 years of Danish history from the Viking Age through to the year 2000. These images are of the…
Reconstruction of Tjodhilde's Church in Brattahlíð, GreenlandTjodhild came to Greenland with her husband Erik the Red, founder of the first settlement in Greenland at Brattahlíð. The small church (or…
A modern version of a Norse rune stone from Qassiarsuk in South GreenlandPhotograph of a reconstructed rune stone by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland
Cross in the interior of Tjodhilde's Church in QassiarsukAn image of the interior of the reconstructed church (or chapel) known as Tjodhilde's Church in Qassiarsuk, Southern Greenland by Mads Pihl - Visit…
Leif Ericson on the ridge above Qassiarsuk in South GreenlandPhotograph of the statue of the Norse explorer and settler Leif Ericson on the ridge above Qassiarsuk in South Greenland by Mads Pihl - Visit…