The Viking Answer Lady's Bookmarks and Links of Interest
Dear Viking Answer Lady:
Where do you go on the web to find out stuff about the Vikings?
(signed) Net Viking
Gentle Readers,
The Viking Answer Lady most often finds material for her articles and answers in a number of reference books. Many of these I own, others I find via the University of Texas at Austin Library or through Interlibrary Loan.
Occasionally, I do find useful information on the World Wide Web about the Vikings as well. It is important when using the Web to realize that anyone can post anything and tell you that it is a fact. Much though the Viking Answer Lady hates to say this, this is not always so!
While there is excellent scholarship available on the web, there are more people who are posting information gleaned from out-of-date and inaccurate Victorian texts daily. And there are those who are simply misinformed. Worst of all are those with a social, religious, or political agenda who willfully bend the truth.
To avoid these pitfalls, when using information found on-line, always try to verify it. You can be most confident of information where the author lists their sources, in a bibliography or best of all with footnotes showing the reader where specific information was found. It is always good even so to double-check the information -- even the best researcher may misunderstand a source, or may have read a bad translation, or have their own opinions stand in the way of a truly balanced account.
Yes, Gentle Readers, you should even check the material presented by Yours Truly, the Viking Answer Lady. Why? Because I am as human and fallable as the next mortal.
With all of these warnings firmly in mind, herewith follows the listing of the Viking Answer Lady's own personal web links...
- Viking- and Old Norse-Themed Newsgroups
- Viking Costume
- Viking Age Men's Clothing
- Mistress Thora's An Archaeological Guide to Viking Men's Clothing
- Peter Beatson's Wickelbander Article (Legwraps, known in Old Norse as vindingr or vaf-spjörr)
- Kirtles/Shirts - Viking Age men's upper body garments
- Trousers - Viking Age men's lower body garments
- Baggy Trousers/Balloon Pants/Trader Pants from Lärbro Runestone
- Baggy Trousers/Balloon Pants/Trader Pants from Smiss Runestone
- Straight Wide Leg Trousers from Tjängvide Runestone
- The Viking Experience Trouser Pattern (Reconstructed pattern for Viking tapered-leg trousers)
- Viktoria Persdotter's Trouser Info
- Rus Masculine Costume - Clothing worn by Eastern Vikings and traders into Russia
- Viking Age Women's Clothing
- Other Viking Clothing and Accessories
- Viking Jewellry
- Viking Age Men's Clothing
- Flokati
- Literature
- Concordance to the Proverbs and Proverbial Materials in the Old Icelandic Sagas
- Fornalarsogur Nordurlanda
- Heimskringla
- Íslendingasögur (Icelandic family sagas in Icelandic)
- Landnámabók (Sturlubók, Icelandic)
- Lexicon of Kennings
- List of Literature - NorsefolkArchives Message
- Northvegr - Landnámabók (English Translation)
- Northvegr - Northern European Studies Texts
- Road to Hel - Hilda R. ELlis-Davidson
- Skáldic Poetry in Old Norse
- Sólarljóđ (in Old Norse)
- Yahoo! Listing of Sagas Online
- Criticism and Commentaries
- Dictionaries
- Eddas
- Latin
- Ammianus Marcellinus
- Dudo of St. Quentin's Gesta Normannorum
- Medieval Sourcebook Rimbert Life of Anskar, Apostle of the North
- Medieval Sourcebook Tacitus Germania - English
- Medieval Sourcebook Tacitus Germania (in Latin)
- Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum (Latin)
- Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum-The Danish History, Books I-IX
- Dictionary for Saxo Grammaticus
- The Venerable Bede - Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum
- Old English
- Finnish Literature and Mythology
- Maps of Scandinavia
- Museums
- Aretefacts from the British Museum
- Arkeologisk Museum i Stavanger
- Bildsten Photos from Gotlands Länsmuseet
- British Museum - Compass Photo Database
- Jämtlands Lĺns Museum
- Länsmuseet pĺ Gotland
- Sigtuna Museer
- Statens Historiska Museum Photo Database (in Swedish but searchable)
- Info on using the Statens Historiska Photo Database
- The Viking Age Ireland Exhibition at the National Museum in Dublin
- Universitets Oldsaksamlingen Archaeology Database
- Music
- Names
- Aryanhwy merch Catmael's A Simple Guide to Creating Old Norse Names
- Aryanhwy merch Catmael's Viking Bynames found in the Landnámabók
- Aryanhwy merch Catmael's Viking Names found in the Landnámabók
- Lindorm Eriksson's The Bynames of the Viking Age Runic Inscriptions
- Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (In Swedish)
- Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (rough English translation)
- The Norse Course Guide to Old Norse Pronounciation
- Runes
- Arild Hauge's Runes and Vikingpage (English)
- Arild Hauge's Runic Inscriptions by country and type
- Bildsten frĺn Ardre
- Jarlabanke, Jarlabankeätten, arkeologi och annat om runor.
- Karta - Runstenar i Upplands-Bro
- Pictures of runic stones
- Pictures of Swedish runic Stones
- Projektet Samnordisk runtextdatabas (Mac)
- Runstenar i Östergötland
- Runstenar i Uppland och Södermanland
- Svenska Runstenar och Runinskrifter
- Miscellaneous Viking Links
- 11TH CENTURY VIKING COMB
- ALT Code Equivalents for Old Norse Characters
- BBC - History - Games - Viking Quest
- Geforđian Strand - Regia Anglorum North America
- Halvgrim's Viking-PreViking Helm Presentation
- Homepage of norse_course@egroups.com
- How to Curse in Norse
- Hvem Hva Hvor i Norrřn mytologi (Who is Who in Norse Mythology)
- ORB -- Medieval Scandinavia, General-Sources
- Peter Beatson - Experiments in Early Medieval Pottery
- Pronunciation of Old Norse (standard)
- Sacred Space in the Lore
- Statistical Analysis of Chain Mail Sizes
- The Franks Casket
- Vikings - The North Atlantic Saga
- Viking A&S Links
- Various Medieval Topics
- A Feast For The Eyes
- Early Period Magazine
- Making a Longbow
- Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts
- NetSERF Art Manuscript Illumination Collections of Manuscript Images
- Qveere Eye for thye Medieval Man
- Antler and Horn
- Heraldry
- Ansteorran Order of Precedence
- INTERNATIONAL Civic Heraldry
- Kingdom of Ansteorra College of Heralds
- Medieval Swedish Armory
- Project Ordensnamen
- SCA - Heraldry
- SCA Armorial
- SCA College of Arms - Rules and Regulations
- Tempus Peregrinator's Little Heraldry Book
- The Heralds Archives
- The Web's largest illustrated Heraldic Dictionary
- Academy of St. Gabriel
- Heraldic Clipart
- Various Useful References
- Webster OnLine - Dictionary - Thesaurus
- yourDictionary.com - Home Page
- Online Etymology Dictionary
- Copyediting-l Style FAQ Index
- Lynch, Guide to Grammar and Style - Contents
- Strunk, William. 1918. The Elements of Style.
- Grammar Handbook
- The Garden of Phrases Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Dash Usage
- Using the Internet for Research and Documentation
- MLA Style Electronic Formats
- HTML 4.0 Entities
- Euro is Alt_0128
- Windows and IE Keyboard Shortcuts
- InterTran
- En Lille Dansk-Englelsk Ordbok
- ORĐABANKI Icelandic Dictionary
- Skoldatanätet Lexin - Swedish-English dictionary
- Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
- English to Latin
- Significant Digits
- State Abbreviations and State Postal Codes
- Current State Flags - Alabama - Missouri
- UT Library Online - Perry-Castańeda Library Map Collection
- XE.com - The Universal Currency Converter ®
- Library Catalogs
- Austin Community College Library Catalog
- Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore College Libraries Catalog
- Cambridge University Library Catalogue
- Cambridge University Library
- Cornell Library Catalog, How to Use Guide
- Cornell University Library Catalog Quick Guide
- Dallas Public Library Catalog
- Dartmouth Library Catalog
- Harvard University Library Catalog
- Houston Community College Library Catalog
- Library of Congress Online Catalog
- National Gallery of Art Library Catalog
- OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Incorporated
- OSU Library Catalog QuickGuide
- OSU Library Online Catalog
- Oxford University Libraries Online Catalogue
- Oxford University Library Catalogue
- San Antonio Public Library Catalog and Databases
- San Antonio Public Library Catalog
- Trinity University Library Catalog
- U.S. National Library of Medicine
- UCAT Library Catalog - UTSA Library
- University of California Library Catalogs
- University of Oregon Library Catalog
- UTHSCSA Library Catalog
- UTNetCAT - UT Austin Perry Casteneda Library Catalog
- UTSA Library Catalog
- Yale University Library Catalog