Rollo is one of the main characters in the Irish-Candian TV series ‘Vikings’ on History Channel who is played by British actor Clive Standen. Although portrayed in the TV series as the brother of Ragnar Lothbrok, in actuality, according to the Norse sagas, Rollo is completely unrelated to the 9th century legendary Norse chieftain. While…
While it is without doubt that Ragnar Lothrok is a legendary Norse hero who was mentioned in several슠Icelandic sagas and Old Norse skaldic poems, the character played by actor Travis Fimmel in History Channel’s television series ‘Vikings’ wasn’t quite depicted with utmost historical accuracy. This, evidently enough, stems from the fact that a TV series…
Sch쎤쎟burg is a very well preserved medieval town located in Transylvania, central Romania. In Romanian it is known as Sighi좙oara and in Hungarian as Segesv쎡r. In the Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Sch쎤쎟burg is known under the names Sch쎤sbrich and 얠esbur쾇. This medieval settlement was also known in Latin as ‘Castrum Sex‘, given the fact that it…
Here’s a list of ten interesting historical facts on the Norsemen and the Viking Age: 10. By far the most well known misconception about the Norsemen is that they are many times mistaken for the name of their occupation, namely for the term ‘Viking’. Although the term ‘Viking’ denotes in Old Norse the occupation of…
The Battle of Clontarf represented a turning point in Irish history as it was the day when the Norsemen were defeated by the Irish High King Brian Boru, as such putting an end to the Norse domination of Ireland. The battle took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near present-day Dublin, on the east…
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