In no particular order, here are our favourite current books about the Viking Age that will be a great addition to your 2022 reading list. Continue reading 10 Books about Vikings and Saxons for your Christmas Lists (2021)
This is the first in a series looking a Viking-Age board games. Hnefatafl is classified as a war game by … Continue reading Early Medieval Board Games: Hnefatafl
Most of what we know about Anglo-Saxon medicine comes from the medical texts written late into the Viking period. We … Continue reading Anglo-Saxon speech therapy and hair care
It is very difficult for people in the 21st Century to fully comprehend the rudimentary state of medicine and healing of a thousand years ago. Steeped in ancient superstition, people then believed that ill-health had more to do with God (or Gods) and worship than any other factor. In an age where the existence of germs was unknown and the circulation of the blood as yet undiscovered, many so-called ‘cures’ and remedies belonged to the world of quackery, old wives’ tales and a gullible populace. Continue reading Viking Age Surgery and Medicine
When we look back at medicine in the Viking age, we often think of it as inept at best, lethal … Continue reading Medicines for all infirmities
I was only fifteen, and being dragged along to some group where weirdo’s dress up in frocks and smack each … Continue reading How I started in Viking re-enactment
I am constantly being told that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. So, I decided to do … Continue reading The Road to Hel is not paved with good intentions, it has a gold roof