| Directory > Society > History > By Time Period > Middle Ages > Vikings The World of the Vikings
A guide to Viking resources on the internet.
http://www.mindwave.co.uk/vikings/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Vikings
A collection of articles, activity sheets, and links from Gander Academy for use by elementary
students and teachers.
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/vikings.htm
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
All About Vikings
Unannotated collection of Viking-related links.
http://www.hotland.com/vikings/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Viking Answer Lady: Birka
Tells the story of this town in Sweden founded in the 8th century on the island of Björkö.
Includes maps, a reconstruction drawing, and description of Birka in the Viking age.
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Birka.htm
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Did the Vikings Make a Telescope?
Sophisticated lenses made nearly a thousand years ago may have allowed the Vikings to build a
telescope. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/702478.stm
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Vinland the Good
Shows the scope of the Norse voyages to the New World. It offers information on Viking ships and
navigation as well as Leif Eriksson.
http://users.adelphia.net/~kmjviking/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Viking Interactive
Learn and read about the Viking legacy, including the Norse mythology, explanatory maps and
animations about the Viking people.
http://www.vikings.0catch.com/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Orthodox Christians in North America 1000 Years Ago
Andrew Phillips explains how Christianity was accepted by the Vikings and came with Leif Ericsson
to the New World.
http://www.roca.org/oa/151/151g.htm
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Norse in the North Atlantic
Examines Viking purpose and practice of oceanic exploration. Provided by Newfoundland and Labrador
Heritage.
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/norse.html
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Norwegian Viking Swords
"De Norske Vikingesverd" by Jan Petersen (1919) in an English translation by Kristin
Noer (1998).
http://www.vikingsword.com/petersen/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
A History of Viking Civilization
Jonathan Schneider's collection of illustrated, introductory articles on Viking culture, conquest,
and leaders.
http://members.aol.com/eagle12583/vikingwebpage/vikinghome.html
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Vikings in Spain
The viking happenings and actions in Spain and Portugal.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4894/index_i.htm
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Outpost of Valhalla
Jesper Stilleborn presents a multimedia experience about the Viking age. Requires ShockWave.
http://www.jurab.se/walhall/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Sweden and the Vikings.
A history of the Norse/Vikings in Sweden.
http://www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/viking_age/Viking_age4.html
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Viking Legacy
About the Scandinavian Vikings and Viking ships.
http://home.ringnett.no/bjornstad/vikings/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Viking Age
Lulea University outlines this period in Scandinavian history. Includes the conquest of England and
Normandy, Norse mythology, literature and runestones.
http://www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/viking_level
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Vikings
BBC Online presents aspects of the history of the Vikings in the British Isles. Includes dig
reports, 3D model of a Viking age farm at Ribblehead, Yorkshire, and fun approaches for kids.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Viking Times International Magazine
News and articles on boats and other artifacts, archeology and projects.
http://www.algonet.se/~gwarner/times.htm
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Viking in the New World
William Bakken describes the settlement of Greenland and attempts to settle North America by
Scandinavians in the 11th century AD.
http://members.aol.com/bakken1/viking/vikingnw.htm
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Thinking Things: The Vikings
An introductory look at the way of life in Viking times. Includes information on who the Vikings
were, where they came from, where they traveled, and the heritage they left behind. Designed for
second and third grade students.
http://home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/vcontent.htm
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
An exhibit from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History about the Scandinavian discovery
of North America over 1000 years ago.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Medieval Scandinavia
Tom Bjørnstad is anxious to soften the brutal image of the Vikings, seen through the eyes of their
foes. Covers Norse history, stave churches, Scandinavia royalty and aspects of the history of
Norway.
http://www.medsca.org/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Viking Heritage Database
Includes searchable databases of archaeological sites, museums, re-enactment groups, projects,
events and reconstructions. Also maps and general information on the Vikings.
http://viking.hgo.se/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald
The biography of a Viking captain, originally written in Icelandic sometime between 1250 - 1300
A.D. Translation by W.G. Collingwood and J. Stefansson (1901).
http://www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/lit/cormac/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
Gorm the Wired Viking
Features original translations of Danish "ordsprog," proverbs and sayings from Denmark
that reflect the accumulated Danish wisdom of the past 1,000 years.
http://gorm.com/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
The Viking Network
Aims to provide readable but soundly-based material suitable for education, separating myth from
fact, looking at what we know about the Vikings and what they have left behind.
http://www.viking.no/
Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
Whois Check
|
