Medieval History
If you ever wondered whether you are you descended from the Vikings or the Normans, now is the time to find out.
A network of academics led by Dr Catherine Swift of Mary Immaculate College, and Dr Turi King of the Department of Genetics, University of Leicester are using scientific techniques and the traditional tools of the historian in an attempt to identify what percentage of the Irish population are descended from Vikings.
Volunteers with certain surnames - including English, Stokes and Noonan, amongst many others - will be tested at Fennessey?s pub, New Street, Sunday, October 21, at 12 noon.
?Limerick is a very interesting location for our project as it is known to be a vital Viking trading centre,? said Dr Swift.
Click here to read this article from the Limerick Leader
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Medieval History
Wanted! Limerick men with Viking blood for tests
A network of academics led by Dr Catherine Swift of Mary Immaculate College, and Dr Turi King of the Department of Genetics, University of Leicester are using scientific techniques and the traditional tools of the historian in an attempt to identify what percentage of the Irish population are descended from Vikings.
Volunteers with certain surnames - including English, Stokes and Noonan, amongst many others - will be tested at Fennessey?s pub, New Street, Sunday, October 21, at 12 noon.
?Limerick is a very interesting location for our project as it is known to be a vital Viking trading centre,? said Dr Swift.
Click here to read this article from the Limerick Leader
- Face Of Viking Woman Reconstructed
Researchers at the University of Dundee have helped recreate the face of a Viking woman who lived in medieval York. The reconstruction is now being displaced at the JORVIK Viking Centre. York Archaeological Trust, owner of JORVIK, has used the most advanced...
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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...
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Historians, archaeologists, linguists, geneticists and IT experts at the University of Leicester are collaborating in new ways to provide a clearer picture of the population history of Britain. There have been many different interpretations of the roots...
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*VIKINGS AND THEIR ENEMIES* http://home.vicnet.net.au/~medieval/vikings/ *A symposium at the University of Melbourne, 24 November 2007* *Supported by the ARC Network for Early European Research* Most peoples of early Europe had contact with vikings...