Category Archives: Literature & Texts
Why Britain’s “Conquest Man” Makes 1066 Look Less Saxon Versus Norman
The Norman Conquest is often reduced to a clean historical picture: Anglo-Saxons on one side, Normans on the other, with the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066 dividing England into a before and after. A man buried at Barton-upon-Humber … Continue reading
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Why Govan’s Newly Found Jewelry Workshop Changes The Map Of Pre-Viking Scotland
An unfinished shale finger ring found in the churchyard of Govan Old in Glasgow is adding a new layer to one of Scotland’s most important early medieval power centres. Archaeologists and community volunteers working with Govan Heritage Trust and Clyde … Continue reading
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Why Norway’s Melting Ice Is Suddenly Revealing What Came Before The Vikings
For two decades, Norway’s melting mountain ice has produced an extraordinary archive of Viking and Iron Age life: arrows, skis, clothing, packhorse remains, shoes and objects lost along high-altitude routes. In September 2026, the pattern changed. Archaeologists with Secrets of … Continue reading
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Why A New Viking Study Says Old Objects Built Community, Not Just Elite Power
Viking-Age archaeology has often treated ancient objects, monumental graves and reused artifacts as evidence of elite power. A new 2026 study by University of Oslo archaeologist Julie Lund argues that this explanation is too narrow. In her book Time and … Continue reading
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Norse-Native Relationships Reconsidered
Norse-Native Relationships are reassessed through recent work on Björkan Sagas, Finnboga saga, Indigeneity, race, and gender. Continue reading
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Treasury of Norse Mythology for Young Readers
Treasury of Norse Mythology arrives February 2, 2027; here is what parents, teachers, and young readers can assess with care. Continue reading
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Why NorseMap’s New €2 Million Project Could Change How Europe Maps The Viking Legacy
The Viking map of Europe usually shows raids, settlements, trade routes, ship burials and archaeological sites. A new €2 million research project at University College Cork wants to map something much harder to see: what Europeans have done with the … Continue reading
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Why Sylta’s Viking Horse Gear Could Reveal A Lost Scandinavian “Horse Costume” Tradition
More than 500 pieces of Viking-Age horse equipment recovered from the burial ground at Sylta in Västmanland are giving archaeologists an unusually detailed look at how Scandinavian communities dressed, used and displayed horses. The finds include bits, buckles, strap fittings, … Continue reading
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Norse sagas and Modern Storytelling Today
Norse sagas shape current film and television by turning medieval memory, gender, feud, and migration into cautious modern narrative. Continue reading
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Why Icelandic Gyrfalcons In Baghdad Reveal A Viking-Age Trade Route Few Maps Show
A new 2026 study has drawn an unlikely line between newly settled Iceland and the court of the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad: the flight path of rare Arctic falcons. Historians Caitlin Ellis of the University of Oslo and Sam Ottewill-Soulsby … Continue reading
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