Mary Ann Bernal

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Showing posts with label British Isles. Show all posts

Showing posts with label British Isles. Show all posts

Monday, April 9, 2018

Hundreds of Place Names of Old Norse Origin in the British Isles

Thor News Many English villages and towns were founded by Vikings. (Photo: John Baker/ videnskab.dk) In the 9th and 10th centuries ...

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Does the Fierce Reputation of The Picts Reflect Reality?

Ancient Origins It’s not that the Picts, a group of British Isle inhabitants, were that different from native Britons around the fourt...

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Viking women: raiders, traders and settlers

History Extra A detail of the decorative carving on the side of the Oseberg cart depicting a woman with streaming hair apparently restr...

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