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News and Articles from the Viking World


The Rise of a Viking King: The Epic Saga of Þórvaldr the Strong
From a prophesied birth to a throne forged in vengeance, discover the story of the ultimate Viking warrior king, Þórvaldr Bjarnarson.

Paulo Marsal
Oct 1, 20256 min read

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History and curiosities posts about the Viking World.


The Rise of a Viking King: The Epic Saga of Þórvaldr the Strong
From a prophesied birth to a throne forged in vengeance, discover the story of the ultimate Viking warrior king, Þórvaldr Bjarnarson.

Paulo Marsal
Oct 1, 20256 min read


VIKING GREAT ARMY: ARCHAEOLOGISTS START SEARCH FOR VIKING AGE CAMP
A dig is taking place in Northumberland with hopes of finding a camp belonging to the Viking Great Army...

Paulo Marsal
Oct 13, 20222 min read


MORE FARMERS THAN FIGHTERS: THE VIKING AGE LIFE
The vikings left an indelible mark on history, particularly European history, as they raided, looted, pillaged, and conquered...

Paulo Marsal
Sep 21, 20225 min read


VIKING WOMEN: THE ORIGINS OF THEY TREMENDOUS POWER
Cloth from Viking and medieval archaeological sites shows that women literally made the money in the North Atlantic...

Paulo Marsal
Sep 19, 202215 min read


AND AFTER ALL, WHO WERE HÚSKARL AND HÚSKONA DURING THE VIKING AGE?
The “húskarl” (masculine noun, meaning “man of the house")and his wife the "húskona"...

Paulo Marsal
Sep 13, 20222 min read


ICELAND’S ANCIENT CAVES REVEAL THE ISLAND’S VIKING EARLY HISTORY
Iceland’s early viking settlers built extensive cave systems to survive...

Paulo Marsal
Aug 30, 20224 min read


DONE! HEREFORDSHIRE VIKING HOARD TO 'COME HOME' AFTER FUNDRAISER
A hoard of Viking treasure has been bought by a council's museum service...

Paulo Marsal
Aug 10, 20222 min read


A VIKING'S PENDANT IS FOUND NEAR KING'S LYNN, ENGLAND
A St Edmund memorial penny worn by a Viking to "advertise his Christianity" has been found by a metal detectorist...

Paulo Marsal
Aug 8, 20222 min read


THE VIKING AGE'S DERRYNAFLAN HOARD
One of the most exciting archaeological finds in the history of Irish art was unearthed on Tipperary's Derrynaflan Island by a man and...

Paulo Marsal
Aug 4, 20224 min read


THE LOST VIKING VILLAGE OF KAUPANG
Kaupang was a harbor town supposedly located within the larger district known in the literature as “Skiringssal”...

Paulo Marsal
Jul 14, 20225 min read


GREENLANDICS FROM VIKING AGES TRADED WALRUS IVORY WITH UKRAINE
Historians have long believed that walrus ivory traded throughout Ukraine and Russia during the Middle Ages came from the Barents Sea...

Paulo Marsal
Jul 6, 20222 min read


IN JUNE OF 793AD, THE VIKINGS ATTACKED LINDISFARNE, KNOW HOW IT WAS
One such day was the 8 June, 793. That was the day the Vikings attacked the monastery at Lindisfarne...

Paulo Marsal
Jun 27, 20228 min read


GOVERNMENT U-TURN SAVES NEW VIKING AGE MUSEUM, WILL IT BE?
Norway's Viking ships can finally look forward to an improved home following the government's change of heart on funding...

Paulo Marsal
Jun 24, 20222 min read


A 1,200-YEAR-OLD RUNESTONE WAS DISCOVERED DURING A KITCHEN RENOVATION
Mosekærstenen is the 44th runestone found in the area around Randers, and the National Museum must now appraise the stone to determine ho...

Paulo Marsal
Jun 17, 20222 min read


SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST SPECTACULAR VIKING ARTEFACTS
The vikings were influenced by cultures before and informed those after, finding an artefact that genuinely adds to the picture of the Vi...

Paulo Marsal
Jun 1, 20228 min read


OSLO’S FAMOUS VIKING SHIPS AT RISK AS DEMANDS BUDGET CUTS
Ten years ago, experts concluded that the three world-famous Viking ships on display at Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum needed a new home...

Paulo Marsal
May 30, 20223 min read


THE LESSER-KNOWN VIKING CRUSADE
The first European king to set sail for the Holy land was from Norway, Sigurd I, in the summer of 1110 a.C....

Paulo Marsal
May 16, 20225 min read


THE REAL-HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS VIKING SIEGES OF PARIS
Ninth-century France proved very lucrative for the Vikings. It was a land marred by civil war and bad harvests, and the Norsemen took adv...

Paulo Marsal
Apr 19, 202210 min read


3 FIERCE FEMALE VIKING WARRIORS THAT YOU WOULDN’T WANT TO MESS WITH
There had been debates among historians on whether real female Viking warriors who fought, raided, and ransacked just as fiercely as men...

Paulo Marsal
Apr 15, 20223 min read


THE PERFECTLY PRESERVED VIKING WEAVER’S SWORD
The Weaver’s Sword is a Viking artefact, believed to date to the late 11th century...

Paulo Marsal
Apr 8, 20224 min read
Perguntas frequentes sobre os vikings
Os Vikings História Cultura e Mitos
A etimologia permanece incerta. O termo deriva do nórdico antigo víkingar (no plural) ou vikingr (no singular). O artigo aponta três hipóteses principais para a palavra vik: pode se referir à região de Viken na Escandinávia; à palavra vikja (que significa evitar ou se esconder em uma enseada/baía); ou ainda estar ligada ao termo para "mercador". Curiosamente, os próprios nórdicos não se chamavam de "vikings" no dia a dia.
Eles falavam a língua nórdica antiga (norrœnt mál). Suas realizações eram gravadas em inscrições rúnicas, mas a maior parte de sua história e crenças era transmitida oralmente de geração em geração através das Sagas. Entre as principais fontes escritas posteriores (Séculos X a XIII) estão o Codex Regius (que contém a Edda Poética) e as obras de Snorri Sturluson, como o Heimskringla.
Traduzido do nórdico antigo, Forn Siðr significa "Antigo Costume". É o termo usado para definir a fé nórdica nativa e politeísta que remontava ao período pré-cristão. O artigo destaca que, culturalmente, o termo mais correto para os praticantes dessa religião é heiðin (aqueles que honram o costume), e não "pagãos".
Ao contrário de outras sociedades medievais da mesma época, o artigo ressalta que havia uma importante igualdade de gênero em vários aspectos da Era Viking. As mulheres nórdicas detinham direitos significativos para o período, com papéis ativos na administração das propriedades, na sociedade e até em contextos de liderança e defesa.
Os vikings eram navegadores brilhantes e utilizavam navios ágeis, como o famoso Knǫrr. Essas embarcações permitiam ataques surpresa rápidos e navegação tanto em mar aberto quanto em rios rasos. Graças a isso, eles expandiram seus horizontes e alcançaram as Ilhas Britânicas, Islândia, Groenlândia, França (Normandia), o Mar Báltico, a Rússia continental (onde eram chamados de varegues) e até regiões do Mar Cáspio, Irã e Arábia.
Bebiam em crânios? Não, isso é um mito; eles utilizavam chifres de animais tratados ou copos normais;
Altura e físico: embora a cultura pop os pinte como gigantes brutos e descomunais, a média física deles não destoava drasticamente de outros povos medievais da época;
O fim da Era Viking: ocorreu por volta do Século XI (entre os anos 793 e 1066). O declínio foi motivado pela progressiva centralização política na Escandinávia, o fortalecimento de reinos europeus rivais e, principalmente, pela cristianização generalizada dos povos nórdicos, que gradualmente abandonaram os hábitos de pilhagem e integraram-se ao modelo feudal europeu.
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