When we think of Vikings, images of horned helmets, mighty beards, and fearsome warriors spring to mind. These impressions, ...

“During the Viking Age, a large portion of the male population was away on raids or trade expeditions. This meant that the ...

Most people associate the Viking Age with raids, plundering, and the famous Norwegian Viking ships. But for farmers to become ...

From the first contact in the 790s, the book traces the political, military, social, cultural and religious history of the Viking Age from Iceland to Lithuania. The authors show that it is no longer ...

Displays tell the history of the islands over the past 5,000 ... into Christian life in Anglo-Saxon England just before the Viking Age. Jorvik Centre - Explores many aspects of daily life in ...

Isn’t history great? Oh, you look like you need ... The Vikings themselves did not leave a written record during the Viking Age (AD700-1100) but Vikings did use runes. There is writing from ...

The Viking-age Galloway Hoard - buried about AD 900 - was unearthed in a south of Scotland ... "Taken together, this hoard challenges popular understandings of this period in world history. "The Hoard ...

The Viking Age in Scotland reviews two decades of research that have taken place since the last archaeological survey of the Vikings in Scotland, published in 1998. Advances in scientific analysis ...

highlighting the rich history of the Viking Age in Scandinavia. Yet, just across the border in Sweden, there’s a treasure trove of Norse history already visible and accessible, offering a ...

The Viking-age Galloway Hoard - buried about AD 900 ... this hoard challenges popular understandings of this period in world history. "The Hoard reveals the extensive networks of trade and ...

Ongoing research into the Galloway Viking-age hoard - unearthed in a south of ... new insights into its history keep emerging. The public is now getting a chance to see the story so far as it ...