The Hoard
Roald Amundsen–The Viking Who Planted a Flag at 90° South
On the 14th of December 1911, a party of five Norwegians planted their flag at 90° South—the bottom of the world. Their leader had done what had seemed impossible for centuries; he had led… Read More →
Treb (that’s short for trebuchet): recreating a medieval siege machine, part I
If you’ve been keeping up with Norse By God for a while, you’d know we have some annual and bi-annual happenings we post about. Specifically, I’m talking about our tradition of feasting at the end… Read More →
Loxton does it again! The British author searches for a medieval queen in her newest adventure
“Who in life we dearly cherished and who in death we cannot cease to love.” – King Edward 1 Nearly a year ago, I had the pleasure of reading Alice Loxton’s novel Eighteen: A History… Read More →
Gotlands Darkest Day: The Battle of Visby
King Valdemar IV invades the Island of Gotland in Sweden and fights for the City of Visby. The story of that battle and its consequences.
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 →