The longships were doubtlessly the most fastest and durable vessels of the early Middle Ages. Thanks to the ingenious building skills of the Norsemen in regards to ship construction and crafting, the Norse longships were able to sail on turbulent and calm waters alike, traveling very long distances along the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean Sea,…
Below you can check a list of 10 mesmerising medieval landmarks that you should visit while travelling in Transylvania, Romania. 10. Cristian (Gro쎟au) Medieval Fortified Church 9. The F쒃g쒃ra좙 (Fogorasch) Citadel 8. St. Michael’s Church in Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg) 7. The R쎢좙nov (Rosenau) Medieval Citadel 6. The Gothic-Rennaisance Corvin Castle 5. The Medieval Bran (T쎶rzburg) Castle…
During the late 8th century, the Norsemen commenced to set sail from Britain to Ireland and starting from the mid 9th century they built significant settlements which will later expand into present-day Dublin, Limerick, or Cork. At first, their incursions into the British Isles consisted of raiding and plundering Catholic monasteries and transporting the loot…
According to several primary sources (i.e. sagas and runestones), it seems that, at a certain point during the Viking Age, the Norsemen had encountered the Wallachians/Vlachs in the region of the lower Danube. A written account of this encounter is most notably preserved on a Scandinavian runestone found in Sweden, whilst at the same time…
During the Viking Age (late 8th century-mid 11th century) the Norsemen travelled, traded, and established permanent colonies in many locations throughout mainland Europe and overseas. In their way to Iceland, they encountered the Faroe Islands, disposing of슠the small archipelago as a resupplying check point for stockpiles of resources that they could subsequently transport in their…
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