Tag: Vikings

In the 9th century AD, the Roman Empire was a thing of the past, but the city of Rome still existed. Its former glory captivated the imagination of medieval Europeans. It’s no wonder that the Vikings, who had just ventured out of Scandinavia onto the vast seas surrounding Europe, wanted to vis...

I’ve just begun watching the just-past-its-expiration-date series Vikings, and I’m loving it. I knew I would, since I am a history buff and have gorged previously on shows like The Last Kingdom, Versailles, and just about any other ‘some dude conquers some kingdom&rs...

We are generally not very used to thinking about queerness (identities and sexualities other than cisgender and straight) as something that can be found in the deeper past — meaning the human story spanning back hundreds and thousands of years ago. This is probably because the language and ima...

The Vikings were big on honor and facing one’s enemies with courage. Accordingly, the Viking law saw assassinations and killings without a fair warning to the victim as despicable, whereas challenging your opponent to a public duel before killing them was considered honorable. Even in cases of...