This book explores households, social organization, and rituals in Viking Age Scandinavia through a study of dwellings and their doorways.

Fourteen papers explore a variety of inter-disciplinary approaches to understanding the Viking past, both in Scandinavia and in the Viking diaspora. Contributio

This book contains new photographs of some of the most significant Scandinavian private houses from the 1930s to the present day. The houses featured vary great

Until very recently Viking and Norse assembly sites were essentially unknown, apart from a few select sites, such as Thingvellir in Iceland. The Vikings are wel

Magic, sorcery and witchcraft are among the most common themes of the great medieval Icelandic sagas and poems, the problematic yet vital sources that provide o