Vikings

To avoid spoilers, I will go through the significant differences, focusing on themes rather than events in the show and books. Uhtred There are minor things here; Uhtred is taller and blonde in the books, but more or less the same. …

Harald Hardrada didn’t have a realistic claim to England, it’s a bit complex and it was a really big stretch. It involves a deal made between the Danish half-brother of Edward the Confessor and Hadrada’s nephew in the 1030s. So, after Cnut’s death in 1035, his ‘Empire’ was split between…

For those who do not know, the Battle of Brunanburh 937, is often thought of as a crucial battle within Early English History and probably the largest battle of the Anglo-Saxon Period. At Brunanburh, Æthelstan, the first King of England, defeated a Great Northern Allied Invasion of the Kings of…

Don’t let the art style fool you; surprisingly, there’s blood… A LOT of Blood. Head Lopper is by far one of the best graphic novels I read this month — I’m kicking myself for not picking this book up back in 2015. …

Part one was all about the Laugavegur trek, from Landmannalaugar to Þórsmörk. We encountered beige hills and black mountains as well as a fairy tale forest. Now let us walk over the Fimmvörðuháls and reach Skógar, the final destination. From there you, dear reader, will accompany me back to Reykjavík…

Overview of a few Viking symbols and their meaning. We all know about the Vikings. Those hairy warriors from Scandinavia who raided and pillaged, and slashed and burned their way across Europe, leaving behind fear and destruction, but also their genes, and some good stories about Thor and Odin. The…

Originally posted on my blog, liviawrites.com. We are generally not very used to thinking about queerness (identities and sexualities other than cisgender and straight) as something that can be found in the deeper past — meaning the human story spanning back hundreds and thousands of years ago. This is probably…