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The city of Birka in Sweden is established by a V
A new exhibition examines the significance and impact of England’s northerly Viking invasion
Somehow, it isn’t hard to imagine the scene of battle here, even on a sultry July morning when only the distant growl of a motorbike interrupts the crooning of collared doves. Perhaps it is the quiet.
this story: Edgar Ætheling, Edward’s great-nephew. We know, of course, which one of these contenders held the crown in his possession at the end of the year. What is less certain is who was the most d
How Old Norse mythology endured in the Christian era
LECHFELD, BAVARIA 10-12 AUGUST 955
This is a history of margins and fringes – not only of the Atlantic Ocean itself, but also of the imaginations of those who worked on its surface and lived at its edges. In his new book, Karl Bell dra