Viking History
Lagertha
Lagertha was a Viking Shield-Maiden who became known for her bravery and for her great fighting skills and war tactics. She was born in Denmark and married the famous Viking King...
Holmgang
Holmgang (Old Norse and Modern Icelandic: hólmganga; Swedish: holmgång) was a form of dueling practiced in the Viking Age and early Scandinavian Middle Ages. It was a socially accepted way...
Jomsborg
Jomsborg was a mythical Viking semi-legendary fortress south of the Baltic Sea (probably in the vicinity of present-day Pomerania), which existed from 960 to 1043 A.D. Its inhabitants were known...
Viking Art
Art in the Viking Age is a collective term for the artistic styles that flourished in the Nordic countries and the areas of northern Europe where the Vikings settled from...
Viking Art
Art in the Viking Age is a collective term for the artistic styles that flourished in the Nordic countries and...
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....
