Karfunkel Codex No. 23 Vikings 2

This issue includes:

The Setting:

• Lindisfarne Monastery – Where it all began?!

• Stamford Bridge 1066 – The End?!

Society:

• Viking Women

• Viking Kings

• Slaves and Unfree

• Varangians, Jomsvikings, Birkebeiner

Distant Contacts:

• Vikings in the Rhineland

• The Vikings in the British Isles

• Silk Road and Samarkand

• The Norsemen and Byzantium

• Among the Moors

• The Walrus Ivory Route

From Everyday Life:

• Culinary Delights

• The Old Norse Calendar

• The Blót

Myths Debunked:

• Myth of the Horned Helmet

• Myth of the Blood Eagle

Legendary Names:

• Harald Bluetooth

• Ivar the Boneless

• Rollo: From Viking to Norman

• Ragnar Lodbrok: The Hero Who Never Was?

• Harald Fairhair

• Sveyn Asleifsson: The Ultimate Viking

• Shieldmaidens and Queens

Modern Reception:

• Norsemen in the Spotlight: Books, Series, and Films with Rugged Heroes