Archive - Shield of Skuld

World of words - the beauty of Icelandic manuscripts

What Old Icelandic manuscripts looked like

18 hrs ago •

Forgotten gods: eight hidden characters in Norse mythology

Beyond Thor's hammer and Odin's ravens lies a pantheon of extraordinary deities waiting to be rediscovered

Jul 1 •

June 2025

May 2025

Geometries of power: Harald Bluetooth's ring fortresses

The rise and fall of the only Viking citadels

May 27 •

Raids and relics: a monastery's fight to endure the Viking age

Turns out some monasteries could survive Viking attacks and still prosper.

May 20 •

Iceland's greatest medieval treasure

A manuscript for the ages

May 13 •

A bit of Viking History with Irina Manea

A recording from Irina Manea and Holly A Brown's live video - where Irina speaks about who she is, what she researches and some Viking stuff she really…

May 7 •

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Fury of the Northmen: rethinking Viking violence in the Early Middle Ages

Merely axe-wielding brutes?

May 6 •

April 2025

Live like a Viking and you'll grow worms, not muscles

We indulge in rubbish, but at least it's sterile.

Apr 29 •

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