Medieval History
ASNC's own Dr Richard Dance features in the BBC 2 documentary Vikings (tonight 9pm, and available for a week thereafter on i-player). He can be seen here on the BBC website explaining how words derived from Old Norse have influenced Modern English.
- Dreams And Nightmares: Festival Of Ideas
Dr Elizabeth Ashman Rowe, Lecturer in Scandinavian History, who organised the ASNC contribution to the Festival of Ideas, reports: If I say so myself, ASNC?s event for the Festival of Ideas was a great success. The theme of the Festival this year was...
- Sutton Trust Summer School In Asnc
Dr Elizabeth Boyle writes: From 17th - 20th August, the ASNC Department hosted our first Sutton Trust Summer School in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic. The students who took part came from state schools all over the country, from Barnsley to Ross-on-Wye,...
- Vikings, Emojis And Michaelmas: Medieval News Round-up
This week's news from the medievalverse has Anders Winroth talking about his new book The Age of the Vikings, funding for Newport's medieval ship, and Buzzfeed talking another look at medieval images.[View the story "Vikings, Emojis and Michaelmas:...
- Historian Uncovers Cases Of Ransoms Paid To Vikings In The 11th Century
How much were two women worth in 11th century Iberia? For the Vikings the price was a blanket of wolf skin, a sword, a shirt, three scarves, a cow and some salt. This fascinating story is part of research done by Helio Pires from the New University of...
- Invasion Of The Viking Women Unearthed
So much for Hagar the Horrible, with his stay-at-home wife, Helga. Viking women may have equaled men moving to England in medieval invasions, suggests a look at ancient burials. Vikings famously invaded Eastern England around 900 A.D., notes Shane McLeod...
Medieval History
Vikings (BBC 2, 9pm, 11 September)
ASNC's own Dr Richard Dance features in the BBC 2 documentary Vikings (tonight 9pm, and available for a week thereafter on i-player). He can be seen here on the BBC website explaining how words derived from Old Norse have influenced Modern English.
- Dreams And Nightmares: Festival Of Ideas
Dr Elizabeth Ashman Rowe, Lecturer in Scandinavian History, who organised the ASNC contribution to the Festival of Ideas, reports: If I say so myself, ASNC?s event for the Festival of Ideas was a great success. The theme of the Festival this year was...
- Sutton Trust Summer School In Asnc
Dr Elizabeth Boyle writes: From 17th - 20th August, the ASNC Department hosted our first Sutton Trust Summer School in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic. The students who took part came from state schools all over the country, from Barnsley to Ross-on-Wye,...
- Vikings, Emojis And Michaelmas: Medieval News Round-up
This week's news from the medievalverse has Anders Winroth talking about his new book The Age of the Vikings, funding for Newport's medieval ship, and Buzzfeed talking another look at medieval images.[View the story "Vikings, Emojis and Michaelmas:...
- Historian Uncovers Cases Of Ransoms Paid To Vikings In The 11th Century
How much were two women worth in 11th century Iberia? For the Vikings the price was a blanket of wolf skin, a sword, a shirt, three scarves, a cow and some salt. This fascinating story is part of research done by Helio Pires from the New University of...
- Invasion Of The Viking Women Unearthed
So much for Hagar the Horrible, with his stay-at-home wife, Helga. Viking women may have equaled men moving to England in medieval invasions, suggests a look at ancient burials. Vikings famously invaded Eastern England around 900 A.D., notes Shane McLeod...