This is an article comprising 10 rock bands with medieval-sounding songs, ranging from the sub-genres of progressive rock to folk rock and hard rock, all of them, at the same time, being unified under the ‘blanket sub-genre’ of classic rock, if you will. From the very beginning, I would like to underline the fact that…
According to relatively recent historical and archaeological/DNA research, it seems that the Norse might have reached the shores of the Madeira and Azores archipelagos (which are both part of Portugal) well before the firmly established Portuguese colonisers! According to several mouse bones found in Madeira which were dated to either the 10th or 11th centuries…
The Isle of Man was inhabited since ancient times. Human presence on the island is known to date back to at least 6500 BC, since the Mesolithic period more specifically (some of the earliest inhabitants being the ancient Celts). The Gaels are known to have settled the island during the 5th century and the Manx…
The Isle of Man (also simplu known as Mann) is a relatively small island situated in the Irish Sea, between Ireland and Britain. The Isle of Man was inhabited since ancient times. In the beginning of the 7th century, the Isle of Man was conquered by Edwin of Northumbria (initially the King of the early…
The Norwegian Vikings were by far the most skilled and resilient navigators of all the Vikings during the renowned Viking Age (a sub-epoch or sub-era of the lengthier Early Middle Ages), travelling far and wide distances in their imposing longships over the North Atlantic Ocean on perilous yet legendary voyages of exploration, trade, and conquest…
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