Beyond Scandinavia: the Impact of Viking Culture in the Medieval World

BEYOND SCANDINAVIA: THE IMPACT OF VIKING CULTURE IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD

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Select online resources for studying the Viking Age and Viking Medievalism. General • Past Publications of The Viking Society for Northern Research [http://vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/]: copies of works published by the leading learned society in the field of medieval Scandinavian and Northern Studies between 1895 and 2009 are downloadable from this page (in PDF format). Recent publications from the Society are available from this page: http://www.vsnr.org/publications/. • Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies (open access) [http://www.futhark-journal.com/]. British Isles • “The Battle of Clontarf”: [https://dh.tcd.ie/clontarf/]. Website commemorating the millennial anniversary of the battle (maintained by Trinity College, Dublin). • Orkneyjar [http://www.orkneyjar.com/index.html]. Orkney heritage site. • York Archaeological Trust [http://www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/], including access to the Jorvik Viking Centre [http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/] and the York Archaeological Trust Picture Library [http://www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/piclib/photos.php]. • Vale of York Hoard (P.A.S. Database) [http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/198978]. Canada • L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site (Parks Canada) [http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn- nhs/nl/meadows/index.aspx]. • Helluland Archaeology Project (Canadian Museum of History) [http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/archeo/helluland/str0301e.shtml]. Denmark • Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church: [http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=697]. • Ribe Viking Centre [http://ribevikingecenter.dk/en/home.aspx]. • Roskilde Viking Ship Museum [http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en]. • The Skuldelev ships [http://www.abc.se/~m10354/uwa/skuldele.htm]. Iceland • Eriksstadir Museum [http://www.eiriksstadir.is/]. • Icelandic Saga Database [http://sagadb.org/]. • Icelandic Saga Map project [http://sagamap.hi.is/is/]; Emily Lethbridge’s visualizations of the settings for Icelandic sagas. • The National Museum of Iceland [http://www.thjodminjasafn.is/English]. • The Saints in Iceland [http://www.tasc.mpg.de/iceland/]. • The Mosfell Archaeological Project (MAP) [http://www.viking.ucla.edu/mosfell_project/index.html]: Jesse Byock’s excavations and research in the Mosfell region of Iceland. Norway • Lofotr Viking Museum [http://www.lofotr.no/index.asp]. • Midgard [http://www.midgardsenteret.no/], cultural heritage centre near Borre. • Runic inscriptions from Bryggen in Bergen [http://www.nb.no/baser/runer/eindex.html] • University of Oslo Viking Ship Museum [http://www.khm.uio.no/vikingskipshuset/index_eng.html]. Sweden • Foteviken Museum [http://www.foteviken.se/engelsk/index_e.htm], near Malmø, Sweden. • Scandinavian Runic-texts Database (collection of Viking-age and medieval runic inscriptions, from Uppsala University) [http://www.nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm/?languageId=1]. • Swedish National Heritage Board [http://www.raa.se/in-english/], with pages on Birka and Hovgarden, Ottar’s Mound, and the Rök stone. United States • Fiske Icelandic and Old Norse Collection (Cornell University Library): https://rare.library.cornell.edu/collections/icelandic. • Friends of the Viking Ship (Illinois): http://www.vikingship.us/. • The Kensington Runestone Museum (Alexandria, MN): https://www.runestonemuseum.org/.