Medieval History
An exhibition inspired by Viking life has opened in Aberdeen. Exposure is a sound and light installation at Satrosphere and runs until 6 December.
Studies of soil samples dated up to one thousand years old at a Norse settlement in southern Greenland gave clues to the harsh life experienced by settlers at the time.
Click here to read this article from BBC News
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Medieval History
Viking life on display in Aberdeen
An exhibition inspired by Viking life has opened in Aberdeen. Exposure is a sound and light installation at Satrosphere and runs until 6 December.
Studies of soil samples dated up to one thousand years old at a Norse settlement in southern Greenland gave clues to the harsh life experienced by settlers at the time.
Click here to read this article from BBC News
- Greenland?s Viking Settlers Gorged On Seals
Greenland?s Viking settlers, the Norse, disappeared suddenly and mysteriously from Greenland about 500 years ago. Natural disasters, climate change and the inability to adapt have all been proposed as theories to explain their disappearance. But now a...
- Vikings Were ?first To Begin Criminal Profiling?, Historian Says
The Saga of Egil Skallagrimsson tells the story of a tenth-century Viking warrior who took part in raids in Europe and often fought with his own neighbours in Iceland. When his life?s story was written in the thirteenth-century, was the author using him...
- Aberdeen Bestiary Goes On Public Display For The First Time
The Aberdeen Bestiary, a beautifully illustrated manuscript that dates back to the twelfth century and which once belonged to King Henry VIII, can now be seen by the public for the first time at the the University of Aberdeen. The new exhibition Gilded...
- Shetland?s Viking Age To Be Explored In Research Project
A new research project is being set up to further explore the Viking age in Shetland, including the origins of the Norse settlers and when, and where, they first established their communities. The Centre for Nordic Studies, part of the University of the...
- Language, Texts, And Gender In The Viking Diaspora Viking Identities Network Iv
Call for Papers Language, Texts, and Gender in the Viking Diaspora Viking Identities Network IV 30-31 March 2009 University of Leicester The Viking Age is traditionally seen as the aggressive, militaristic expansion of a Scandinavian seafaring and warrior...