During the High Middle Ages, in a relatively remote part of the world, some of the most renowned historical manuscripts of all time were written. As opposed to what contemporary authors wrote about in mainland Europe throughout the Middle Ages (stories about brave knights and princesses for instance), it was in Iceland that the first…
Below is a list comprising 15 renowned Norsemen (Vikings) who are known for having sailed over the North Atlantic Ocean during the 9th and 10th centuries or who are reputed for having played a pivotal role in the history of the early medieval Scandinavian states and of Western Europe/Northwestern Europe during the Early Middle Ages….
(Die) Repser Burg or Reps (also known in the Transylvanian Saxon dialect as R쎤ppes, in Romanian as Rupea, and in Hungarian as K양halom) is a Transylvanian Saxon citadel located in Bra좙ov county (Kreis Kronstadt as it is known in German/Hochdeutsch), south-eastern Transylvania, Romania. In late Antiquity, on the site on which the citadel was subsequently…
Sigurd I Magnusson (subsequently known under his eponym the Crusader) or Sigurd Jorsalfare as he is known in Norwegian was King of Norway from 1103 to 1130 and was one of the most notable Norwegian kings of all time. He ruled the Kingdom of Norway together with his half-brothers 쎘ystein and Olaf during the early…
The Viking ring fortress of Trelleborg is located on the island of Sj쎦lland (Zealand) in Denmark. Situated in the proximity of the small town of Slagelse, the fortress is one of the five of its kind built in Denmark during the Viking Age. The other ring fortresses in Denmark dating back to the Viking Age…
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