According to a recent research on some walrus bones found in Iceland, the precious and reputed Lewis Chessmen that are on display at the British Museum in London and at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh might actually be Icelandic in origin. The Lewis Chessmen represent one of the fewest best preserved chess sets…
‘Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli’ is an Icelandic historical film released in October, 1981. The film is set in 10th century Iceland (specifically between 940980) and revolves around a family blood feud in the early medieval Iceland. Based on the actual saga of Gisli (known in Icelandic as ‘G쎭sla saga S쎺rssonar‘ ‘The saga of G쎭sli…
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…
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