Medieval Europe
Road Trip Through History: Reykjavik
My Own True Love and I started and ended our Viking history adventure in a city no Viking ever saw: Reykjavik, literally Smoky (or perhaps steamy) Bay. It is fundamentally a grey city, built of concrete, stone and glass in an array of textures and shapes that save it from bleakness and livened by shots…
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Song of the Vikings
As I’ve mentioned before, My Own True Love and I are in countdown mode for a history nerd trip to Iceland. As a result, my head is full of Vikings. * We’re going on a tour based on Nancy Marie Brown’s excellent Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths. The heart…
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Here There Be –Sea Monsters?
My Own True Love and I are in countdown mode for a trip to Iceland. You can expect future posts to be full of Vikings and other things Nordic. Here’s a little something to get us all in the mood: In 1539, Swedish mapmaker Olaus Magnus produced what was then the most detailed map of…
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