Nov 20, 2023Viking vs Norse vs ScandinavianVikings, Norsemen and Scandinavians. Are these terms interchangeable? Not in most situations, no. There's a lot of discourse in the Norse...
Nov 13, 2023Lumber, souvenirs & knock-offs (Trading with a Viking)Although modern myth mostly presents Vikings as raiders and pillagers, they were traders too. Traders with an axe in hand to help in...
Nov 10, 2023Vikings made graffiti?Here’s one of my favourite facts about Vikings. It starts with a lion. Not quite that kind though. In current day Arsenale de Venezia,...
Nov 1, 2021Aboard a reconstructed Viking warshipIt is my pleasure to open #Norsevember with a post about what it's like to sail with this beautifully reconstructed Viking warship,...