From the BBC News:
The land surrounding a mysterious ancient monument in Sherwood Forest is to be researched after a local history group received a £50,000 lottery grant.
A Thynghowe or Thing, an open-air meeting place where Vikings gathered to discuss the law, was discovered in Sherwood Forest seven years ago.
Experts surveyed the site this year and […]
Filed under: Vikings, Archaeology, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on January 17th, 2012 | No Comments »
From Fox News:
A British man rewrote medieval history on his lunch break when he unearthed evidence of a previously-unknown Viking king.
Darren Webster, a metal detector enthusiast, stopped by a field near Canforth, northern England, to practice his hobby and uncovered a hoard of silver Viking treasure buried three feet (0.9 meters) below the earth, The (London) […]
Filed under: Vikings, Archaeology, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on December 16th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Clash of the Gods: Beowulf is being re-shown a couple of times this week on the History Channel: Friday, November 18 at 9:00am ET or Friday, November 18 at 3:00pm ET.
Filed under: Medieval History TV Guide, Anglo-Saxons, Videos, Vikings, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on November 14th, 2011 | No Comments »
From The Telegraph:
A Viking legend which tells of a glowing “sunstone” that, when held up to the sky, disclosed the position of the Sun on a cloudy day may have some basis in truth, scientists believe.
The ancient race are believed to have to discovered North America hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus.
Now experiments have shown […]
Filed under: Vikings, Archaeology, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on November 8th, 2011 | No Comments »
From IrishCentral.com:
A tiny County Louth village has been confirmed as home to one of the most important Viking sites in the world.
Carbon testing on trenches at a ‘virgin’ site in Annagassan have revealed that the small rural community once housed a Viking winter base, one of only two in Ireland.
The other went on to become Dublin […]
Filed under: Medieval News, Vikings, Archaeology, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on October 12th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Death of Kings is the latest installment in Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon series. It is set for release January of 2012.
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The master of historical fiction presents the iconic story of King Alfred and the making of a nation.As the ninth century wanes, England appears about to be plunged into chaos once more. For the Viking-raised […]
Filed under: Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Bernard Cornwell, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on September 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »
From USA Today:
So much for Hagar the Horrible, with his stay-at-home wife, Helga. Viking women may have equaled men moving to England in medieval invasions, suggests a look at ancient burials.
Vikings famously invaded Eastern England around 900 A.D., notes Shane McLeod of the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Western Australia […]
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The Burning Land is the fifth installment in Cornwell’s Saxon Stories. Set in late 9th century Britain, King Alfred the Great is close to death, and Uhtred breaks his oath to Alfred to ride north to Northumbria in order to reclaim his ancestral home of Bebbanburg from his uncle. To reclaim his land, he needs money […]
Filed under: Vikings, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Book Reviews on June 17th, 2011 | No Comments »
An interesting post from Medieval News, with reference articles.
A Viking legend tells of a glowing ’sunstone’ that, when held up to the sky, revealed the position of the Sun even on a cloudy day. It sounds like magic, but scientists measuring the properties of light in the sky say that polarizing crystals — which function […]
Filed under: Medieval News, Vikings, Archaeology, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on February 2nd, 2011 | No Comments »
A special thanks to William Short, author of Viking Weapons and Combat Techniques, for his time in graciously agreeing to answer a few questions:
1) How did you become interested in “Viking” history?
I don’t know. My educational and professional background had a heavy emphasis on technical topics and was very light on history and literature. […]
Filed under: Vikings, Author Interviews, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on August 17th, 2010 | No Comments »
