Learn About Viking History with Author C.J. Adrien

Viking Vlog 14: Who Was Olaf Trygvasson? And Interview with Eric Schumacher

In this video, I sit down with bestselling author Eric Schumacher to discuss the life and significance of the historical figure Olaf Trygvasson. How do we know about Olaf? Where does he fit in the larger context of the Viking Age? What was is impact and legacy? We discuss these questions and more.

How the longship came to be

The longship was the culmination of centuries of seafaring innovation that is thought to have started as early as the third century B.C.

A Drinking Scene On An Image Stone From Gotland, Swedish Museum Of National Antiquities, Stockholm.

How Often did the Vikings Drink from Drinking Horns?

How Often did the Vikings Drink from Drinking Horns? I explore this question below.

Viking Armor: What did the Vikings Wear Into Battle?

If modern movies and TV shows were any guides, they would have us believe the Vikings were some kind of leather-clad biker gang. This begs the question: what did the Vikings really wear?

The Swedish Vikings: Who Were the Rus?

Scandinavia at the beginning of the Viking Age appears to have shared a common culture, as shown by the archeological record, but it later diverged into several distinct groups. As I discussed in my previous blog about the difference between the…