Landnama is a survival-based video game developed by Sonderland Games set in Viking Age Iceland, revolving around the Norse settlement of the island. The title of the video game references the medieval manuscript Landnámabók (i.e. the Book of the Settlements in Old Icelandic or Old Norse) which recounts the Norse colonisation of Iceland during the…
Hnefatafl (alternatively known as tafl, tablut, or kongens bord, i.e. king’s board; hnefi means closed hand or fist, but in this context the king piece, and tafl board in Old Norse, therefore king’s board) is a turn-based indie and strategy video game developed by Philippe Schober inspired by the eponymous ancient board game (chess-like in…
The settlement, historical legacy and achievements of the Transylvanian Saxons, a predominantly German ethnic group which has been living in Transylvania since the Middle Ages onwards, are well known and documented. But, perhaps, not that much is known or considered ‘mainstream’ in historical regards with respect to their historical legacy, contributions, and achievements in the…
Baia (previously known in Romanian as Târgul Moldovei, i.e. the market of Moldavia, and in Latin as Civitas Moldaviensis), nowadays a commune in Suceava County, Western Moldavia, northeastern Romania, was the first capital of the Principality of Moldavia, one of the Romanian principalities during the Middle Ages. It was founded by Transylvanian Saxons, a predominantly…
The history, settlement process, achievements, and legacy of the Transylvanian Saxons (or Siebenbürger Sachsen as they are known in German), a predominantly ethnic German group which has been living in Transylvania since the mid 12th century onwards, are well known, but, perhaps their medieval history in the two neighbouring Romanian principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia…
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