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MOIRAI - Blood treasure, woven fates - TrailerThis is a short video to introduce MOIRAI's latest concert project on the Old Norse poetic Edda. More information can be found here:…
'See the Lands of the Vikings' Vintage PosterPoster from the 1930s advertising Scandinavia as a travel destination with the slogan 'See the Lands of the Vikings'. A. Bortzells TR. AB. STMLN
The Viking Age: History and Culture of the Medieval Scandinavian ExpansionThe syllabus for a course about the Vikings at undergraduate level.
Raiders, Traders and Explorers: A History of the Viking ExpansionA series of items for a six week introductory course about the Vikings, including lecture slides, reading lists and notes about the course.
Late Viking-Age Brooch in the Ashmolean MuseumFire steel, copper alloy and iron. 1050-1150. Gotland, Sweden. AN1909.97.
Viking-Age Oval Brooch in the Ashmolean MuseumOval brooch, copper alloy, 900-1000. Denmark.
The Vikings ("Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode)Viking history to the tune of Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode. We used clips from documentaries to make this one. The song is very Viking-ish anyway.
The Stone ships (Skeppssättning)(Nordic bronze age - Viking age)The Stone ship or ship setting was an early burial custom, characteristically Scandinavian but also found in Northern Germany and the Baltic states.…
Blog: Two-handed axesA discussion about two-handed (Dane) axes, looking at typologies, and the evidence for their use.
22. Vikings / The European Prospect, 1000The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000 (HIST 210)
In the first part of this lecture, Professor Freedman discusses the emergence of the Vikings from…
Blog: The Medieval Nordic Legal DictionaryThe Medieval Nordic Legal Dictionary is a 3-year project aimed at producing a Nordic-English lexicon of the legal terminology found in medieval…
Pre-Viking openwork disc in the Ashmolean MuseumOpenwork disc, copper alloy. Gotland, Sweden 500-700 AD. AN1909.96. Photographed in the Ashmolean Museum
Disc-on-bow brooch in the Ashmolean MuseumDisc-on-bow brooch, gilt copper alloy and garnet. Gotland, Sweden, 500-700 AD. Photographed at the Ashmolean Museum. AN1909.28
The Vale of York HoardThe Vale of York Hoard was found in 2007, and was the largest Viking Age hoard found in England since the Cuerdale Hoard. It is on display at The…
Blog post: A humble collection of booksOverview of a personal humble collection of books related to the topic of a current PhD-project, namely the Viking-age woman known as Unnr djúpúðga or…
Viking Fest- Lodi Public Library. Lodi, California.An event report documenting a Viking-themed public event held at Lodi Public Library September 27, 2015. This report includes local demographics…