In the eleventh century, Norwegian King Harald III Stern, also known as Harald Hardrada, became one of the most brilliant kings of his time. As a young man, he was banished from his homeland, and then spent many years in exile. Gathering a small group of mercenaries, Harald served in Russia and Byzantium. After returning […]

Initially, only a few of the Vikings were fully equipped with armor, helmets, swords, etc. (these were usually wealthy people) and weapons. This is often passed down from father to son (father to plunder, son to succeed his father), Viking soldiers were only equipped with family weapons and easily homemade weapons such as round shields, […]

The brave Viking warriors attach great importance to personal hygiene or spend a lot of time growing barley, raising pigs, sheep, goats. Viking warriors don’t wear horned hats. In fact, the artists seem to have adapted to paint more horns on the helmets of these mighty warriors. The horn detail on the hat seems to […]

Sweyn I, also known as Sweyn Tiugeskaeg, meaning “Forkbeard”, was a Viking chieftain who ruled over Denmark, Norway and England. He was nicknamed “Forkbeard” because of his long and spiky beard. Although Sweyn had ruled Denmark and Norway for decades, he only captured and ruled England for about a month before he died. In fact, […]

On 2 August 910, the Battle of Tettenhall occurred near Tettenhall or Wednesfield in present-day Wolverhampton. This battle was fought on one side by an alliance of Anglo-Saxon forces from Mercia and Wessex under the command of Æthelflæd (Old English), daughter of King Alfred the Great, wife of Lord Æthelred, lord of the region Mercia, […]