Norsemen Collection

Wild Hunt of Norsemen
A troop of Norse horsemen and their dogs gallop through the night sky in pursuit of their prey

Battle of Hastings
At Hastings, Harolds army - exhausted after fighting the Norsemen at Stamford Bridge - encounter the Normans, after their Channel crossing : victory goes to the invaders

Maes-Howe (Interior)
The interior of the Maes Howe chamber shortly after it was re-opened in 1861. Norsemen had already robbed the mound in the 12th century AD and left runic inscriptions

Norsemen in Humber
The Danish king Anlaff sails from Ireland with Cumbrian and Scottish allies and enters the Humber, but they are defeated by Athelstan

HASTINGS TRICK
The cunning Norsemen use all kind of subterfuges in their invasion of France : their leader Hastings feigns death to gain entry into a besieged city. (Doubtless a legend !) Date: circa 880

Fredensborg Palace Gardens - Normandsalen - Denmark
The Valley of the Norsemen - Farmers and fishermen in stone at Normandsalen - Sculpture museum in Fredensborg, Denmark

Last phase of the Battle of Assendun (Essendune) on 18 October 1016, with the defeat of King Edmund Ironside of England by the Danes led by Cnut (Canute)

King Alfred, Angles, Saxons and Norsemen
King Alfred the Great, Angles, Saxons and Norsemen, agriculture, ships and churches. (3 of 4) 9th century

Guarding the coast, France, 9th century
Sentinels on the Atlantic coast of France keep watch for the Norsemen, who harass the country before eventually settling in Normandie, named for them. Date: early 9th century

Macbeth Meets Witches
Macbeth and Banquo, after defeating the invading Norsemen, encounter three witches on a blasted heath, who predict wonderful events

Norsemen in France
Paris is besieged unsuccess- -fully by the Norsemen; Count Eudes and bishop Goslin defend the city and the Vikings are paid to turn their attention to Bourgogne

Aerial view of a reconstructed Viking longboat, with the crew in historical costume. Date: circa 1930s

Opera at Covent Garden, London. Date: 1913

Charlemagne & Norsemen
As if the Saracens aren t problem enough, Charlemagne also has to deal with the Norsemen : he watches with apprehension the approach of their vessels

Rollo Baptised
Rollo (or Robert) has been allowed to settle in Normandie as its first duke : he is baptised as a Christian

Norsemen Besiege Paris
Bishop Joscelin orders a high tower to be constructed, from which the defenders can assail the invaders : the Norsemen destroy it, but the Parisians rebuild it

Battle at Louvain
At Louvain, the Norsemen are defeated by Arnolf von Karinthen (Carinthia)

Norsemen in Sicily
Shortly after the Norman conquest of Britain, norsemen under Roger Guiscard land in Sicily

Norsemen in Italy
The landing of the norsemen on the coasts of Italy

Norsemen in Sicily 2
Soon after the Norman conquest of Britain, norsemen under Roger Guiscard land in Sicily

Newport Tower
Newports Old stone mill has been identitied by some as constructed by Norsemen in pre-Columban times : alas, this identification is almost certainly incorrect

Abbots Bromley Horn
ABBOTS BROMLEY HORN DANCE: Has elements of a mock hunt: 6 deersmen, a fool, a hobby horse, a Maid Marian, 1 boy & crossbow, 1 boy & triangle dance through the town

Norsemen at Banquet
Norsemen at table in medieval Scandinavia

Thorvalds Expeditions
The son of Leif Eriksson, Thorvald, enters Boston Harbour on his own exploration of the newly discovered North American coast

Eric the Red / Greenland
Eric the Red (father of Leif Eriksson - who landed in North America circa 1000) reaches Greenland

Settlement of Eriksson
The Pre-Columbian settlement of Leif Eriksson (the son of Eric the Red and father of Thorvald) in Vinland (L Anse aux Meadows site) rediscovered in 1960 by Helge Ingstad

Naddod Discovers Iceland
Viking explorer Naddod discovers Iceland

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