Online lecture: The Five Ships from Skuldelev – a look at 11th century Scandinavian shipbuilding and warfare
Speaker:
Jacob Nyborg Andreassen, archaeologist/curator at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde and SoCA Trustee.
Date/time:
18.30 (CET) on 4 April, 2024
Description:
In 1962, five Viking Age ships were excavated in Roskilde Fjord. The ships had originally been scuttled to form an underwater barrier working in conjunction with a beacon system, protecting the newly built city of Roskilde.
Besides providing new evidence on military organisation on a regional level in High Medieval Scandinavia, the ships themselves proved to be a goldmine of information. In particular, the two longships, both of which have been reconstructed and sailed for many years, give us invaluable data on the capabilities of war fleets of the late Viking age.
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- archaeology, combat, combat archaeology, Denmark, early middle ages, fleet, longship, maritime, medieval, navy, roskilde, sailing, ships, skuldelev, Viking, viking age, weapons
Rolf Warming
Rolf is the founder of the Society for Combat Archaeology (SoCA). He holds an MA degree in Maritime Archaeology from the University of Southampton and another MA degree in Prehistoric Archaeology from the University of Copenhagen. His studies have preeminently been on the subject of combat and conflict in the past, ranging from Mesolithic violence to organized state formation in the Renaissance. He is currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies at Stockholm University and an affiliated Ph.D. researcher at the Swedish Defense University. In addition to his academic studies, Rolf has a background as a junior officer in the Royal Danish Army. He is also the chief instructor of the martial arts organization Weapons Combat Systems, teaching classes and seminars on an international level. In addition to this, Rolf is the chief instructor of Weapons Combat Systems, a weaponry-based martial art which he teaches on both a national and international level through classes, seminars, etc.
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