Viking History
Kattegat
Kattegat, is a maritime space comprising several straits in the south and a vast bay in the north, extending between Denmark and Sweden, more precisely between the Danish peninsula of...
Danelaw
The Danelaw (Dena lagu in Old English, Danelagen in Danish), as defined in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, is the name given to the part of Britain where the law of the...
Jomsvikings
The Jomsvikings were Viking mercenaries very active between the tenth and eleventh centuries, loyal to the cult of Odin and Thor. They were loyal to their Norse beliefs, but their...
Jomsvikings
The Jomsvikings were Viking mercenaries very active between the tenth and eleventh centuries, loyal to the cult of Odin and...
Blood Eagle
The blood eagle (blóðörn in Old Norse) is a method of execution mentioned in Norse literature, the modalities of which vary according to the sources. It may involve the carving...
Blood Eagle
The blood eagle (blóðörn in Old Norse) is a method of execution mentioned in Norse literature, the modalities of which...
Great Heathen Army
The Great Heathen Army was a Viking army that plundered and conquered much of England in the late ninth century. Although, unlike many other Scandinavian formations operating at the time,...
Great Heathen Army
The Great Heathen Army was a Viking army that plundered and conquered much of England in the late ninth century....
Odinism
Odinism is a Germanic neo-pagan reconstructionist religious organization, which proclaims the practice of a form of neo-paganism whose supreme deity of the Norse pantheon is Odin, focused on Norse paganism, Germanic...
Erik the Red
Erik the Red (Norse: Eiríkr Rauði) (circa 950 to 1003 or circa 940 to 1010) was a Norwegian explorer. His name was Eirikr Thorvaldson (Eiríkr Þorvaldsson), but his contemporaries called...
Erik the Red
Erik the Red (Norse: Eiríkr Rauði) (circa 950 to 1003 or circa 940 to 1010) was a Norwegian explorer. His...
Uppsala
Uppsala, is a city in Sweden located 70 km north of Stockholm, in Uppland, famous for its prestigious university, the oldest in one Scandinavia. With about 200,000 inhabitants in the...
Hedeby
Hedeby was an important settlement of Vikings from Denmark and Varangians from Sweden, located in southern Denmark, near the Carolingian border. It was a city in the early Middle Ages...
