The Hoard
Three-Hour Porridge — Norse Supper Club II
Welcome back to the Norse Supper Club. This week, we will be attempting to tackle a Norse staple that’s still commonly eaten: Porridge. All the ingredients used this week came from Walmart. I was originally… Read More →
A Tale for the Girls: Gunnar’s Daughter by Sigrid Undset (Medieval Classic Novels)
The first in a series of reviews on classic historical novels set in the Middle Ages. It always seemed to me that epics, especially those of Western origin, were written for men almost exclusively. They… Read More →
What have we been up to?
We have been taking a brief hiatus from posting as the entire staff of NorsebyGod has been preparing for our end-of-the-school-year medieval banquet–the culmination of a semester’s worth of projects. We will begin our regular… Read More →
The Shaping and Sizing of Heater Shields
Welcome back. In the last post, I discussed two variants of medieval glue, one being derived from rawhide and the other from cheese. As I mentioned, the cheese glue is a crucial piece in forming… Read More →
Isabella Bruce, Part II
The story of Isabella Bruce continues from Isabella Bruce, Part I | Norse By God And it was at this moment that the Bruce family rose into ascendance, and Isabella stepped into history. Her grandfather,… Read More →
The End of an Age: Harald Hardrada, Part III
By 1066, Harald Sigurdsson had achieved what few men had ever dared to dream. He had returned from exile, seized the throne of Norway for himself, and ruled for two decades with the ferocity and… Read More →
Recreating the Black Prince’s Shield, Held together purely by cows
Heater shields are the most iconic type of shield in modern culture. When most people picture a shield, it’s most likely a heater shield. Being the most prominent shield of choice for knights from the… Read More →
Ibn Fadln Part 1: Uncovering the Man Who Journeyed to the Land of Darkness
There has been a long-standing fascination with Ibn Fadlan and his account of his journey into “The Land of Darkness.” From Hollywood adaptations like The 13th Warrior to the breadth of academic work of the… Read More →
The King Returns: Harald Hardrada Part II
If you need a refresher, reread Harald Hardrada part I here: https://norsebygod.com/featured/the-hoard/the-enduring-exile-harald-hardrada-part-i When we left off, Harald Sigurdsson was at the peak of his exile: he was a legend in the making, his coffers were… Read More →
Birgitta of Sweden: The Prophetess of the North
The life of Birgitta Birgersdotter (1303–1373), later known as Saint Bridget of Sweden, represents a rare intersection of medieval secular power and ecclesiastical reform. Her biography is not merely a collection of miracles, but a… Read More →