The Viking Age

Viking words we still use

Old Norse e-texts

Viking foods still eaten (on occasion) in Toronto

Egil's Saga

Paget's Disease a possible diagnosis for Egil - I have vivid memories of poring over the Scientific American article with my mother when I was eleven years old.

Lewis Chessmen

The Battle of Maldon and The Battle of Brunanburh

The Five Boroughs of the Danelaw

Snorri Sturluson's Edda

The usual haunts: Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney, England

Distant ventures: Greenland, Newfoundland, Kiev, Byzantium

A note from my OE course page: Burial near the Ridgeway: probably Vikings, possibly killed during the infamous St. Brice's Day Massacre in 1002 (10 Jan. 2011). The other thing to note here is that, as Jonathan Jarrett points out, in spite of their fearsome reputation, we have far more archaeological evidence for the killing of Scandinavians by Englishmen than we do for Englishmen being killed by Vikings, in battle or otherwise.

The Vikings in popular culture

Kristin Lavransdatter

The 'Beowulf and Grendel' film - no, this is not the one with Angelina Jolie!

Kate Beaton's Lindisfarne cartoon

You may have thought that the Village People first performed 'In the Navy' in the 1970s, but in fact, we can now confirm that the Viking ancestors of the Muppets were the first to record this hit!

Capitol One commercials

Hagar the Horrible comic strip