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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


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


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


£776,250 FUNDRAISER LAUNCHED TO BRING VIKING EARLY MEDIEVAL TREASURE BACK HOME
A campaign has been launched to raise £776,250 to bring a history-changing Viking hoard that was discovered in a field near the south Shr...

Paulo Marsal
Mar 28, 20223 min read


VIKING ARTEFACTS FOUND IN BEBINGTON COULD LEAD TO ANSWERS ABOUT HISTORIC EVENTS
Viking artefacts were found in Bebington, Merseyside which will be examined to uncover new insights into where they came from...

Paulo Marsal
Mar 15, 20222 min read


THE HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND
An app developed by academics at the University of Liverpool aims to change that, and to reveal how important Lancashire and Lakeland were..

Paulo Marsal
Mar 11, 20225 min read


NEW STUDY SHOWS VIKING BATTLE TOOK PLACE IN BEBINGTON
Scientists from the University of Nottingham are examining the chemical fingerprint of iron weapons from the Viking age which was used du...

Paulo Marsal
Feb 24, 20222 min read


SCIENTISTS ARE SEARCHING FOR A TOWN SWALLOWED UP BY THE SEA 600 YEARS AGO
Ravenser Odd, on the East Yorkshire coast, was one of many settlements lost to coastal erosion...

Paulo Marsal
Feb 18, 20222 min read


NORTHAMPTON DEBUT FOR VIKING EXHIBITION WITH REPLICA LONGBOAT
Valhalla at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery will explore Viking attitudes to life and death through 1,000-year-old artefacts...

Paulo Marsal
Feb 2, 20222 min read


TWO MEN CHARGED OVER £1M VIKING COINS HOARD
Two men have been charged after a hoard of Viking coins worth nearly £1m was found by police...

Paulo Marsal
Aug 19, 20211 min read


ARCHEOLOGISTS ARE LOOKING FOR VIKING AND ROMAN OBJECTS IN SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND
A Time Team-style Big Dig is underway in Scarborough where dozens of trenches are being opened up in the Old Town to try and find out abo...

Paulo Marsal
Jul 23, 20213 min read


ARCHAEOLOGISTS IDENTIFY ANGLO-SAXON CAVE HOUSE NEAR THAN INTENSIVE VIKING ACTIVITY PLACE
A near-complete Anglo-Saxon dwelling and oratory believed to date from the early ninth century has been discovered in Derbyshire...

Paulo Marsal
Jul 16, 20213 min read


VIKINGS WERE STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO THE MULTIRACIAL SOCIETIES OF CONTEMPORARY NORTHERN EUROPE
A number of individuals who were buried as Vikings were found to be of local ancestry, which suggests that being a Viking...

Paulo Marsal
Jul 8, 20215 min read


VIKING CAMP TO EDUCATE ABOUT AN IMPORTANT PERIOD IN HISTORY
A Wyre Forest arboretum was transported back to the ninth century as the Vikings set up camp...

Paulo Marsal
Jun 21, 20212 min read


5 KEY VIKING DISCOVERIES IN BRITAIN
There is so much more to understand about the Vikings than violence and pillaging – as these discoveries and research projects from aroun...

Paulo Marsal
Jun 4, 20216 min read


VIKING NAMES AND BUILDINGS THAT STILL REMAIN IN PICTURESQUE VILLAGE
Churchtown Village in Southport dates back to the Vikings, with names and buildings from this period that still exist today...

Paulo Marsal
May 25, 20212 min read


STOLEN VIKING TREASURE DISCOVERED BYMETAL DETECTORIST IN WORCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND
Stolen treasure worth £5,000 and thought lost forever by their owner has been discovered by an amateur metal detectorist in a county fiel...

Paulo Marsal
May 19, 20212 min read


NEW BOOK DETAILS MICHAEL'S HISTORIC CROSSES
The collection of Viking stone crosses, housed in Michael Parish Church, are the subject of a new guide book....

Paulo Marsal
May 11, 20212 min read


UNEARTHED REMAINS HINT AT VIKING VILLAGE
Archaeological remains that could shed more light on a Teesdale village’s origins as a Viking settlement have been unearthed at a buildin...

Paulo Marsal
May 7, 20212 min read


SITE WHERE ANGLO SAXON WARRIORS FACED THE VIKING-LED ALLIANCE WAS FOUND
A bloody Anglo Saxon conflict believed to have taken place in Liverpool which forged modern England is seen by historians as one of the m...

Paulo Marsal
May 3, 20212 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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