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Blog post: Vikings: The Last ShipA discussion of Vikings: The Last Ship.
Blog post: Vikings: SPOILER behind the scenes postA discussion of the TV series Vikings concerned with material from behind the scenes
Blog Post: Vikings in the NetherlandsVikings in the the Netherlands
Blog post: Vikings galore!A blog post with photographs of Viking reenactors in Sweden.
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: 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: UCD School of Archaeology Builds Viking HouseA description of building a Viking house based on the archaeological evidence from Dublin.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: Serendipity: Vikings in Black and WhiteA blog post about Jorge Luis Borges' observation of the lack of colour in Old Norse literature.
Blog post: Religion and Politics in Ásatrú and HeathenryAn essay about the mixing of religion and politics in modern heathenry that considers how different groups within heathenry interpret the texts.
Blog post: Rain stopped playDavid is a photographer in Norway, who posts black and white images that include local Viking markets on the blog. This item links to one of those…
Blog Post: Ragnars sons and The NetherlandsBlog post about Ragnar's sons and The Netherlands; Sigurd, Ubbe, Ivar the Boneless, Bjorn Ironside, Hvitserk
Blog post: Past to Paper: The VikingsA blog post about different ways in which Vikings might be used in fiction.
Blog post: On the Trail of Sail History - the VikingsA blog post discussing the practicalities of making sails for Viking ships.
Blog post: Norse Sagas and Whey VatsA post about vats in the Norse sagas from the Medieval Cheese blog.