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The Oakeshott typology is a way to define and catalogue the medieval sword based on physical form. It categorises the swords of the European Middle Ages (roughly 11th to 16th centuries [1]) into 13 main types, labelled X through XXII. The historian and illustrator Ewart Oakeshott introduced it in his 1960 treatise The Archaeology of Weapons ...
Viking Age arms and armour. Knowledge about military technology of the Viking Age (late 8th to mid-11th century Europe) is based on relatively sparse archaeological finds, pictorial representations, and to some extent on the accounts in the Norse sagas and laws recorded in the 12th–14th centuries. According to custom, all free Norse men were ...
It is edged in dotted triangle pattern. Origin is the Danelaw region and dates 870-930CE. The Viking Age saw the development of a bullion economy. In this economic framework, traders and merchants exchanged goods for bullion (precious metals, primarily gold and silver). Trade was usually accomplished by barter.
Jomsvikings fighting in a hail storm at the Battle of Hjörungavágr. The Jomsvikings were a legendary order of Viking mercenaries or conquerors of the 10th and 11th centuries. Though reputed to be staunchly dedicated to the worship of the Old Norse gods, they would allegedly fight for any lord who could pay their substantial fees, even if they ...
During the Viking Age, the area where Mästermyr mire is located used to be a lake. The mire was drained in 1902–10. [1] In October 1936, the chest was found by farmer Hugo Kraft in a field owned by Emil Norrby in Snoder, Sproge near Hemse. [2] It was found in an area that was ploughed for the first time. [3]
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Hedeby, the modern Danish spelling, also most commonly used in English. Haddeby is the Low German form, also the name of the administrative district formed in 1949 and named for the site; in 1985, the district introduced a coat of arms featuring a bell with a runic inscription reading ᚼᛁᚦᛅ᛬ᛒᚢ (hiþa:bu).
Divers Find 130-Year-old Shipwreck With Intriguing Past Hidden In Lake Michigan. A view of a set of five coins from a rare hoard of 1,000-year-old silver coins unearthed during metal detecting in ...