Overview of the history, rules, and practices that governed the sex lives of medieval women from the surviving documents of the time. Includes interesting tidbits and excerpts.
Viking Age Music - What kind of musical instruments did the Vikings have?
Music has since we were cavemen been part of our culture, and that was of course also the case in the Viking age. Today we can still find the remains of the musical instruments in our soil that the Vikings used during their lifetime. Unfortunately, we are not able to dig up their music and listen to how it sounded like, and there has also not been found any musical notations from the Viking age.
The archaeologists have found a wide range of musical instruments from the Viking age, and many of them still looks like musical instruments that is being used today in some parts of Eastern Europe.
How do we know which clothes the Vikings wore and from where do we have this knowledge from? That is the question that I intend to answer today. Fashion is not a new thing, people have for thousands of years dressed themselves in the best clothes they could afford.
A Playlist of The Viking Home Companion Show (available on CD)
This was produced by Torvaldr Torgarson (Robert J. Koepke II) and covers a set of his stories, and what how he developed the story. What is historically accurate, what was embellished, and what was made up.
The Viking Home Companion is a series of silly Viking based stories, songs, and poems written and performed by Torvaldr Torgarson
Virtual Scribal Class 01: Queen Isabella of Castille, f. 460v, c.1497
"Squashed Bug" margin design from the Breviary of Queen Isabella of Castille, f. 460v, c.1497 (http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisp...). Gouache on Bristol.
The knight had an entire arsenal of ferocious weapons at his disposal. In Episode 5, Jason investigates these, concentrating on the sword, the iconic medieval weapon, but also addresses some weapons he believes would actually have been more appropriate to a mounted warrior.
