Resources and Links
Vikings and the Viking Age
Jorvik Viking Centre - The heritage display in York, and its archaeological parent, the York Archaeological Trust.
Vikings - The BBC's website.
Vikings - The North Atlantic Saga - The 2000 exhibition at the Smithsonian.
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Old Norse and Icelandic Studies
Benedikz Collection of Icelandic Literature - A gift to the University of Nottingham by the family of Eiríkur Benedikz.
Bibliography of Saga Translations - The bibliography aims to include translations of all Old-Icelandic literature: Eddic poetry, sagas of Icelanders, þættir, kings’ sagas, bishops’ sagas, contemporary sagas, legendary sagas, and romances.
Dokumentasjonsprosjektet - Digitisation of many Norwegian resources, including Fritzner's dictionary.
EGIL - Electronic Gateway for Icelandic Literature - A gateway with direct links to the major libraries with Old Norse-Icelandic holdings, carefully-selected relevant websites and some digitised material.
Fiske Icelandic Collection - At Cornell University.
Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda - Available online.
Germanic Lexicon Project - Old Icelandic dictionaries and grammars available online.
Handrit.is - Access to Icelandic manuscripts online.
Heimskringla - Electronic versions of Old Norse texts.
Icelandic Online - A free online course in Modern Icelandic.
Medieval Nordic Text Archive - An umbrella for various digitisation projects. It now has a selection of Old Icelandic, Old Norwegian and Old Swedish electronic texts in facsimile, diplomatic or normalised form and more will be added.
Proverbs - A concordance to proverbs in Old Icelandic literature.
Richard and Margaret Beck Trust - Icelandic activities at the University of Victoria, B.C.
Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages - An international collaborative project to re-edit the corpus of skaldic verse.
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar - The premier collection of Icelandic manuscripts, in Reykjavík. Originally, most of these manuscripts were housed in Copenhagen, and some still are, at Den Arnamagnæanske Samling.
Stories For All Time - A research project on the Icelandic fornaldarsögur.
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Runes and Runic Inscriptions
CISP - The Celtic Inscribed Stones Project - Includes a few with runic inscriptions.
Danske runeindskrifter - A database of Danish inscriptions.
English Dictionary of Runic Inscriptions in the Younger Futhark - An ongoing project at Nottingham.
Futhark - An international journal of runic studies.
Jan Owe's runic pages - News and links, including an online version of his Svensk Runbibliografi. In Swedish.
News about Runes - Online version of Nytt om runer, with additional information and useful bibliographies. Mostly in English.
Nordiskt runnamnslexikon - A downloadable dictionary of proper names in Scandinavian runic inscriptions. Instructions in Swedish.
Riksantikvarieämbetet - the Swedish National Board of Antiquities' runological division. In Swedish.
Runer og mønter - A blog about new finds of runes and coins from the Danish National Museum.
Runes, Monuments and Memorial Carvings - An international research network, especially for students and early career researchers.
Samnordisk runtextdatabas - Download a nearly-complete database of Scandinavian runic inscriptions. Instructions in Swedish, though the database is also available in English.
Svenskt runordsregister - Third, revised edition (2006) of Lena Peterson's word index to the Swedish Viking Age inscriptions, excluding personal names. In Swedish.
Uppsala runforum - Very useful for links, online resources and information about forthcoming events.
There are also various sites run by amateur enthusiasts. Many of these are actually quite good, and have useful collections of photographs, but non-academic sites should always be used with caution. The following have been found useful: In Sweden, Christer Hamp's Gamla runinskrifter, and Staffan Blixt's Runstenar och runor, and in Denmark, Runestene.dk (a practical guide to Danish rune stones), and Lars Larsen's blog about looking for rune stones.
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Online Texts in Other Languages
CELT - Corpus of Electronic Texts - A wide-ranging 'online resource for Irish history, literature and politics' at the University of Cork. Includes electronic versions of both the originals and English translations of Irish annals and other material relevant to Viking studies.
Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab - Texts and references works in older forms of Danish.
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Archaeology and Material Culture
Ardnamurchan - The famous boat burial discovered in 2011.
Arkeologi i nord - Frans-Arne Stylegar's blog. Mostly about Norway and in Norwegian, but many useful links.
Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture - A useful database of images.
Dokumentasjonsprosjektet - Digitisation of many Norwegian resources, including archaeological ones.
Fornleifastofnun Íslands - The Institute of Archaeology, Iceland.
Kaupang - Recent investigations at the Norwegian site.
The Portable Antiquities Scheme - A national scheme for recording chance and metal-detector finds. Has a useful Database.
Quoygrew - Excavations on Westray, Orkney.
Stavkirke.info - The medieval stave churches of Norway.
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland - Especially the CANMORE database of archaeological sites.
The Sea Stallion from Glendalough - The voyage of the reconstructed Skuldelev 2 ship from Roskilde to Dublin, summer 2007, and back in 2008.
Trent & Peak Archaeology - the Nottingham branch of the York Archaeological Trust.
Viking and Anglo-Saxon Landscape and Economy - A project at York.
Viking Archaeology Blog - Collects items relating to Viking archaeology from the media worldwide.
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Museums
British Museum - Also has COMPASS - online collections.
Museum of London - Some Viking material and the St Paul's rune stone.
National Museums of Scotland - Especially the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Viking Ship Museum - Oslo, Norway, a part of the Museum of Cultural History.
Viking Ship Museum - Roskilde, Denmark.
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Place- and Other Names
Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - The official version.
Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham - The Institute also incorporates the English Place-Name Society and Survey, and the Key to English Place-Names.
Journal of Scottish Name-Studies
Navn.ku.dk - A website on Danish names, in Danish.
Nefnir - An internet journal of Icelandic name-studies, in Icelandic.
Ortnamn och ortnamnsforsking - Web page for Swedish place-name research, in Swedish.
Rygh's Norske Gaardnavne - Searchable version of the classic reference work for Norwegian farm-names.
Scottish Place-Name Society - Names north of the border.
Sense of Place in Anglo-Saxon England - Exploring the origins of villages in England.
SNSBI - The Society for Name-Studies in Britain and Ireland.
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General
Nordic language, literature and culture 700-1500 - A collaborative educational initiative of universities in the Nordic countries, including some summer schools and short courses open to students from elsewhere.
Norse and Viking Ramblings - A blog recording the lighter side of Viking life
Northern Lights, Northern Words - Online proceedings of a conference held in Kirkwall in 2009.
Old Norse News - 'News, Announcements, Comment and Resources for Medieval Scandinavian Studies'
Orkneyjar - Everything you wanted to know about Orkney - a good amateur site.
Septentrionalia - A website dedicated to making available digitised versions of out-of-print books on the medieval North.
Shetland Heritage - A useful gateway to Shetland.
The Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain - A project based at the University of Leicester, examining 'Histories, genetics and the peopling of Britain'.
The Scottish Society for Northern Studies - Has regular meetings and conferences, and publishes the journal Northern Studies. It also offers an annual essay prize to younger scholars (deadline 31 August).
The Viking Society for Northern Research - Has regular meetings, publishes Saga-Book, and offers small amounts of research funding. Most of the Society's extensive publications (including the journal Saga-Book) are now available online.
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Especially for Young People
A Day in the Life of Viking Eric - BBC website.
Pirates of the Past: The Vikings - A good introduction.
Schools Resource on Viking Age Migration - Mainly to do with Ireland.
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