Here’s a list of ten interesting historical facts on the Norsemen and the Viking Age: 10. By far the most well known misconception about the Norsemen is that they are many times mistaken for the name of their occupation, namely for the term ‘Viking’. Although the term ‘Viking’ denotes in Old Norse the occupation of…
The Battle of Clontarf represented a turning point in Irish history as it was the day when the Norsemen were defeated by the Irish High King Brian Boru, as such putting an end to the Norse domination of Ireland. The battle took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near present-day Dublin, on the east…
The common date given for the commencement of the Viking Age슠is 793, when the Catholic abbey of Lindisfarne that was situated on an island less than one mile off the north-eastern coast of England (pertaining at the time to the early medieval Anglian Kingdom of Northumbria) was plundered by a group of Norsemen슠stemming from Hordaland,…
The Trim Castle is one of the oldest and most significant Norman strongholds built in Ireland. The structure was constructed over a period of 30 years after the Normans seized control of Ireland in the 12th century. The domains on which the castle stands today were given by the King of England, Henry II at…
Nottingham Castle was built on the site of a promontory known as the ‘Castle Rock’ in 1067 by William the Conqueror. Ever since, the fortress has been increasingly known as one of the most important medieval landmarks in England. Although some sources claim that it was built by William the Conqueror after the Norman conquest…
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