The study also hinted at the grim reality of life for many newborn infants arriving into the world during the Viking Age.

A new study shows that pregnancies during the Viking Age were far from a private matter, closely tied to conflict, social ...

Viking experts from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester have examined pregnancy in the Viking Age and discovered ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers—and a harsh world where not ...

Viking experts from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester have examined pregnancy in the Viking Age and discovered ...

All that you've heard about the Vikings may not be true.

As a provocation, Helgi wipes his bloody spear on Guđrun’s clothes and over her belly. He declares: “I think that under the ...

You can get in touch with Jack by emailing [email protected] A new study has offered a glimpse of the stark reality of pregnancy in the Viking Age, via an analysis of art and literature ...

at least in art and stories, be engaged with violence and weapons. These were not passive bodies. Together with recent studies of Viking women buried as warriors, this provokes further thought to ...

unwashed warriors with winged helmets. But that's a poor picture based largely on Viking portrayals in the 19th century, when they featured in European art either as romantic heroes or exotic savages.