The Siege of Paris of 885886 was conducted by a numerous army of possibly tens of thousands of Norwegian and Danish warriors embarked on hundreds of longships (and other Viking Age vessels) along the course of the river Seine. The siege was the second of its kind on behalf of the Norsemen after a Danish…
Women played an important part in the early medieval Scandinavian societies during the turbulent Viking period. Although they were not able to lawfully exert a considerable amount of political and administrative influence over the Norse colonies in such places as Iceland or the Faroe Islands, they still disposed of a high hierarchic status within these…
The medieval English folk tale of Robin Hood, the alleged medieval outlaw of Sherwood Forest dressed in Lincoln green who stole from the rich and gave to the poor alongside his Merry Men, has been fascinating historians and readers alike for many centuries. A rebellious, skilled archer and swordsman who, according to the legend, fought…
King Arthur is definitely one of the most enigmatic historical personalities in British history. With his historicity debated amongst many scholars and mere passioned people alike, it is almost impossible to decide whether he actually existed or not. And even if he had existed, was he solely a founding myth or a folklore creation? Questions…
It is no secret that Norway is home to some of the most sublime natural landscapes on the whole planet. Among these, there are hundreds of absolutely astonishing and breathtaking fjords scattered all along the country’s coastline, from Lapland to Oslo. In a nutshell, a fjord is a long, narrow, and deep ocean/sea arm that…
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