Daily Medieval

Olaf Haraldsson (c.995 - 29 July 1030) started out the son of a petty king in a Norway district but rose to become King of Norway by uniting...

Olaf Haraldsson was the son of a petty king of Vestfold (a district in eastern Norway), Harald Grenske, and Åsta Gudbrandsdatter, who we le...

After the killing of Vikar  and receiving the blessing of Odin and the curse of Thor, the (giant?) warrior Starkad joined a Danish viking ra...

Written about 1220, the Prose Edda  by Snorri Sturluson is a detailed telling of the Scandinavian creation of the world, mythological storie...

Snorri Sturluson (1179 - 1241) was one of several children in a powerful clan. His father died when he was young, and he was raised by Jón L...

I recently mentioned a seiðr worker called in to prophesy. The term describes a range of magical and shamanic activities (magical healing,...

One of the re-creations of the Battle of Largs [ source ] King Haakon Haakonsson of Norway refused to sell islands off the Scottish coa...

In the absence of historical photographs, I give you Lego Stamford Bridge ! In the competition for the throne resulting from the death ...

[For earlier history, see here .] Finding the origin of nursery rhymes can be unreliable, since one never knows how long a rhyme was circu...