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Online lecture: The Five Ships from Skuldelev – a look at 11th century Scandinavian shipbuilding and warfare

Mar 06, 2024 Rolf Warming All Posts 0

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...

The Loss of the King’s flagship GRIBSHUNDEN (1495): An Unknown Historical Source Surfaces

Nov 22, 2020 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Research, Uncategorized 0

The wreck of Danish king John’s (or Hans’) flagship, GRIBSHUNDEN, which sank in 1495, was the focus of an underwater archaeological survey carried out on the wreck site earlier this week. The...

Notes on the Guns and Gun Carriages Aboard GRIBSHUNDEN (1495)

Oct 05, 2020 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Our Artefact of the Month, Research, Uncategorized 0

Background In the summer of 1495, King John I of Denmark set out on an important diplomatic mission aboard his flagship, GRIBSHUNDEN (English= “Griffin-Hound”), or the GRIFFIN, as she is also...

The Viking Shield: The First Authentic Viking Age Shield

Apr 17, 2019 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Research, Uncategorized 4

Numerous attempts have been made to reconstruct Viking Age round shields, this possibly being one of the most characteristic pieces of equipment carried by warriors of that period. Such...

The Handle of the Viking Age Shield from Trelleborg

Apr 09, 2019 Rolf Warming All Posts, Our Artefact of the Month, Research 3

The shield handle of the Viking Age shield excavated at Trelleborg (Denmark) has been a subject of much debate, partly because of general rarity of extant Viking Age shield handles and the...

Arms and Armour in 3D (4): 16th Century Swivel Gun

Oct 18, 2018 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Uncategorized 0

Introductory Note: For the past few weeks, Rolf Warming (Society for Combat Archaeology) has been working closely with the 3D scanning team from Rigsters with the aim of producing highly detailed...

Arms and Armour in 3D (3): Danish Longsword, type XVIIIe

Aug 26, 2018 Rolf Warming All Posts, Combat Archaeology, Uncategorized 0

Introductory Note: For the past few weeks, Rolf Warming (Society for Combat Archaeology) has been working closely with the 3D scanning team from Rigsters with the aim of producing highly detailed...

$Arms and Armour in 3D (2): Bucklers$

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Tag Archive: archaeology, combat, combat archaeology, Denmark, early middle ages, fleet, longship, maritime, medieval, navy, roskilde, sailing, ships, skuldelev, Viking, viking age, weapons

Online lecture: The Five Ships from Skuldelev – a look at 11th century Scandinavian shipbuilding and warfare

The Loss of the King’s flagship GRIBSHUNDEN (1495): An Unknown Historical Source Surfaces

Notes on the Guns and Gun Carriages Aboard GRIBSHUNDEN (1495)

The Viking Shield: The First Authentic Viking Age Shield

The Handle of the Viking Age Shield from Trelleborg

Arms and Armour in 3D (4): 16th Century Swivel Gun

Arms and Armour in 3D (3): Danish Longsword, type XVIIIe

Arms and Armour in 3D (2): Bucklers

Arms and Armour in 3D (1): The Ballock Dagger

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