I admit my Viking studies were limited to one module at university so I had no idea about this at all.

A researcher at Aberdeen University is hoping to study the Viking incursions into the Spanish peninsula.

No comprehensive archaeological study of Viking sites in Spain has ever been carried out and now a University of Aberdeen researcher plans ( Read more... )

A quick article link tonight. I've been seeing a lot of buzz about the new Vikings drama series and so this paper from the University of Chicago may be of interest to some of you :)

Egil Skallagrimsson and the Viking Ideal by Christina von Nolcken

How did the Vikings want to be perceived--by other members of their own culture, and by posterity? ( Read more... )