A Viking-age rock crystal jar previously owned by a bishop which was part of a hoard found by a metal detectorist is to go on public display for the first time later this year. The jar is part of the ...

When Pope Leo XIV stepped out on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica to greet the crowd for the first time after his May 8 election, liturgical fashion aficionados around the globe took note: ...

At that time, Iceland was a forest growing between the mountain and the coast. Christian men lived on the island then, whom ...

Cambridge University's Medieval Murder Maps project analysed the murder of priest John Forde. Forde was killed in 1337 in a calculated act of revenge by a member of the English aristocracy. Ela ...

Researchers have uncovered handwritten letters, court documents, and a coroner’s report related to the nearly 700-year-old cold case murder of a medieval priest. Published on June 5 in the ...

Medieval murder: Records suggest vengeful noblewoman had priest assassinated in 688-year-old cold case by University of Cambridge edited by Sadie Harley , reviewed by Robert Egan ...

The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Celts returns with a deep dive into Wales during the Viking Age. Building on the first episode that traced the origins ...

BAY RIDGE — BROOKLYN’S VIKING FEST CONTINUES TO CELEBRATE the borough’s Norwegian and wider Scandinavian heritage and will take place this Saturday, May 10 at Owl’s Head/Bliss Park. Viking ...

Viking hoard and medieval signet rings among record number of treasure finds reported to authorities by Britain's metal detectorists. By ROBERT FOLKER. Published: 13:20 EDT, 11 February 2025 ...

Although additional investigations are needed to confirm the role of the pyrophyllite disks, the researchers say it is possible that Vikings who traveled through what is now Russia and Ukraine during ...

Sigrid Undset: Catholic Viking. Compared to some of the big names of Catholic fiction, e.g. Evelyn Waugh or Graham Greene; Sigrid Undset is almost unknown: which is a perplexing state of affairs given ...