Tag: Norsemen

The Norwegian Colonial Empire During The Viking Age

The Norwegian colonial empire is a syntagm which refers to the colonial empire which Norway had back during the Early Middle Ages (more specifically during the renowned Viking Age, a sub-epoch or sub-era of the Early Middle Ages) and still kept during the High Middle Ages (and, to a considerable extent, up until 1814) across…


A Brief History Of The Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons were an ethnic, linguistic, and cultural mixture of three Germanic peoples (i.e. the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes, according to medieval chronicler Saint Bede the Venerable) which migrated from what is now Denmark (more specifically the Jutland peninsula) and northern Germany (more specifically the states of Schleswig-Holstein, most notably the Angeln peninsula,…


Valhalla, A Danish Animated Film From 1986

Valhalla is a great, funny, and well made Danish animated film released in 1986 which, in my humble opinion, is suitable to all categories and all ages of animation/cartoons fans out there! It is one of the best all time films on the Viking Age (even if it’s a rather fictional animation), in my humble…


Who Were The Skrælings In The Tales Of The Norsemen?

Please note that when the term discovered is used/applied in this article, it refers to the European perspective of a discovery of a territory, given the fact that the territories mentioned here had been already discovered and, consequently, inhabited by the Native Americans prior to the arrival of the Norsemen. The Skr쎦lings were a group…


The European And British Colonisation Of Canada

The following article consists of my recent academic essay in the course ‘Canadian Culture and Literature’ as part of my MA degree in British culture and civilisation at 좘tefan cel Mare University of Suceava (USV). Canada is the northernmost country in North America and a country with a relatively recent history compared to other countries…