Old Norse for market place is kaupangr, but nowadays the term is mostly associated with Kaupang (i.e. the trade centre) in Skiringssal, on the western side of Oslofjord and in Viksfjord, near the town of Larvik (part of Larvik kommune), Vestfold county, southern Norway. This article will briefly discuss the history of the kaupang in…
Ribe is a small town situated in the southwest of the Jutland peninsula (Danish: Jylland), pertaining to the enlarged Esbjerg Municipality of the Region of South Denmark (Danish: Syddanmark).슠According to a recent study undergone by three archaeologists at the University of Aarhus in Denmark and the University of York in England, voyages between Ribe and…
Many myths surround the Viking Age and most of them are quite inaccurate from the historical point of view. Most of the popular misconceptions about the Norsemen can trace their origin in the works of the Catholic monks of the early Middle Ages or various Romantic artists and writers of the 19th century. Among the…
The Norse colonisation of the Faroe Islands is documented in the ‘F쎦reyinga Saga‘ (literally translated as the saga of the Faroese people; also known as ‘The Saga of Thrond of Gate’), an Icelandic saga written in the early 13th century. Unfortunately, the medieval manuscript was lost in time but several passages from it were written…
If you ever wandered what was the menu in the Viking Age and what it comprised, then you came to the right place! This article is part of a series on the Viking cuisine and will focus on teaching you how to bake an authentic Viking Age bread. Before the recipe is given however, perhaps…
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