Viking History
Harald Schönhaar
Harald I. Schönhaar (Old Norse: Haraldr hinn hárfagri [ˈhɑrˌɑldr hinː ˈhɑːrˌfɑɣre]; modern Norwegian: Harald hårfagre; Icelandic: Haraldur hárfagri) (approximately 850 - 932) is described in the Icelandic sagas as the...
Harald Schönhaar
Harald I. Schönhaar (Old Norse: Haraldr hinn hárfagri [ˈhɑrˌɑldr hinː ˈhɑːrˌfɑɣre]; modern Norwegian: Harald hårfagre; Icelandic: Haraldur hárfagri) (approximately 850 - 932) is described in the Icelandic sagas as the...
Harald Hardrada
Harald Sigurdsson, also known as Harald of Norway (Old Norse: Haraldr Sigurðarson; c. 1015 – 25 September 1066) and nicknamed Hardrada (harðráði; modern Norwegian: Hardråde, roughly translated as "stern counsel"...
Harald Hardrada
Harald Sigurdsson, also known as Harald of Norway (Old Norse: Haraldr Sigurðarson; c. 1015 – 25 September 1066) and nicknamed Hardrada (harðráði; modern Norwegian: Hardråde, roughly translated as "stern counsel"...
Leif Erikson
Leif Erikson, Leiv Eiriksson, or Leif Ericson, also known as Leif the Lucky (Old Norse: Leifr hinn Heppni) (c. 970 – c. 1020), was a Norse explorer believed to be...
Leif Erikson
Leif Erikson, Leiv Eiriksson, or Leif Ericson, also known as Leif the Lucky (Old Norse: Leifr hinn Heppni) (c. 970 – c. 1020), was a Norse explorer believed to be...
Jomsvikings
The Jomsvikings were a group of Viking mercenaries or conquerors from the 10th and 11th centuries. Despite their loyalty to the old Norse gods, they fought for any lord who...
Jomsvikings
The Jomsvikings were a group of Viking mercenaries or conquerors from the 10th and 11th centuries. Despite their loyalty to the old Norse gods, they fought for any lord who...
Vinland
Vinland, Vineland, or Winland (Old Norse: Vínland) was a region along the North American coast explored by the Norse. Leif Erikson landed there around 1000 CE, nearly five centuries before...
Vinland
Vinland, Vineland, or Winland (Old Norse: Vínland) was a region along the North American coast explored by the Norse. Leif Erikson landed there around 1000 CE, nearly five centuries before...
Berserker
BerserkersIn Old Norse literature, those who fought in a trance-like state were referred to as berserkers, a characteristic from which the modern English word berserk (angry, violent, or out of...
Berserker
BerserkersIn Old Norse literature, those who fought in a trance-like state were referred to as berserkers, a characteristic from which the modern English word berserk (angry, violent, or out of...