In fact, so rife was slavery that it formed part of a three-tiered Viking society. At the top there was the chieftain, or ...
Even though it’s been 2500 years since the Vikings roamed Scandinavia (and the world), they still fascinate us. So what was life really like for them? These historical facts about their hygiene and ...
When most people hear the word Vikings, they picture towering warriors with braided beards, longships cutting through icy ...
Viking Age stories often involve modern-day Denmark, the fjords of Norway, the British Isles and Iceland, yet one overlooked stronghold of Viking history lay far north of the Arctic Circle. The sagas ...
The group Straumfjordr, based in Exeter, recreates life during the Iron Age and Viking era.