When visiting Copenhagen at the end of 2018, we took the opportunity and went to the National Museum. We would like to share some impressions from that visit with you; but careful! The pictures show artifacts from Denmark's Bronze Age up the the Middle Ages, so the Viking stuff is somewhere in between.
Vidars Horde is an early medieval reenactment/living-history group from Velbert (Ruhr area, Germany). We represent a Life in Birka/Lake Mälaren (Sweden), around a.d. 900. Our primary fields of interest are wood-, and leatherworking as well as textile production and handicraft.
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Zum Saisonbeginn nach Haithabu zu reisen ist für uns mittlerweile zur Tradition geworden, welcher wir auch dieses Mal wieder freudig entgegenschauen.
We write a lot about wool combs and at the markets, we explain and demonstrate how they were used. But what is the actual evidence for those tools?
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Wir werden uns dieses Jahr den Jungs und Mädels von Swafaborg anschließen und auf der Kämpferwiese lagern, denn auf das Adventon-Orga-Chaos und Lagern zwischen Fellwikis und Rittern aus dem 13. JH haben wir keine Lust mehr.
There are many signs in nature that Equinox is fast approaching and the summer season is coming to an end. One of these signs, of course, is the ripening of fruits, be it in the garden or outside of it. Last weekend we left our home to find some of the wild fruits...
It doesn't matter whether it is for protection against wind and rain or for displaying one's wealth and status: The cloak is one of the most important parts of a man's dress in early medieval Europe. Direct archaeological finds, however, are rare and usually quite small. The following article explores some of the archaeological evidence from the Viking Age. It is most certainly not comprehensive, but gives a rough overview over some of the most important finds.
Wonderful Wool Workster.
Prefers Axes to Seaxes.
