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The Vikings

General Information	Military Affairs	Society/Culture
Mythology	Saggas/Eddas	Ships

General Information:

Welcome to LadyJen's Viking Age , : Good general information. Linked from Regia Anglorum - an excellent site. This is a good place to start.

The World of the Vikings; the definitive guide to viking resources on the internet : This site contains information on all aspects of Viking life.

The Vikings : Extensive site that covers famous Vikings, exploration, the Viking Age, Viking life, the Vikings in North America, and Viking ships. THIS IS A MUST SEE SITE.

Viking Warriors : The history of the Norsemen.

The Viking Network : a great place to find information.

!Vikings! : Has some good information.

General Viking information

Viking Heritage

National Library of Canada : Great article of the Vikings forraies into North America entitled, "They got here first, but why didn't they stay?"

Military Affairs:

Military Organization : General information.

Viking Warfare

Arms and Armour of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age -Spear

The Norwegian Viking Sword : Portions of Jan Petersen's 1919 book, translated into English by Kristin Noer, explore several different sword types with footnotes and illustrations. From the Medieval Sword Resource Site.

The Vikings: Combat This article from the Vikings living history site includes information on the equipment, fighting style, and battlefield
tactics employed by the Vikings in the Dark Ages.

The Viking Expeditions from Central Sweden (700-1000)

The Battle of Stamford Bridge : Clear and concise introduction to the last Viking battle on
English soil, from Past Forward; written for the Viking Network.

Mythology:

Hlidskjalf; Old-Norse Mythology Page : Just about everything is covered here.

The Norse Mythology Web Page

Norse mythology

Sagas/Eddas:

Sagas, Eddas & runes

The Elder Edda - The Prose Edda - The Norse Sagas

Poetic Edda

The Heroic Lays of the Poetic Edda

Kormak's saga

Grettir's saga

Njal's saga