Hard rock and heavy metal have long had a love affair with the Vikings. Led Zeppelin arguably kicked the whole thing off with Immigrant Song in 1970, singer Robert Plant memorably wailing, ‘ Valhalla, ...

Scientists have reconstructed the face of a 1,000-year-old Viking woman buried with weapons — complete with a battle scar, reshaping ideas of Norse gender roles.

Thanks to a 12th-century Danish historian, we have so many details about the Viking era to consume. Saxo Grammaticus was […] ...

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Going on a Medieval Crusade was ... Actually, many women also took up the cross and went off on Crusade, and they weren’t just the important warrior noble women, like Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.

It includes Terry Pratchett, who drew on Python’s handling of the medieval world for his own vision of Tolkien-inspired comedy; Richard Curtis, the creator of Blackadder, and his collaborator ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry grimaces in pain after a rough landing in the 3rd quarter against ...

The Golden State Warriors were dealt a very unfortunate hand on Thursday night against the Toronto Raptors. After weeks of waiting, the team was finally healthy again with Steph Curry, Jonathan ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in ...

This left his lands to be confiscated and his samurai without a master, making them rōnin. Yet a band of these warriors – 47 of them – did not accept the downfall of their lord, taking an oath of ...

The word ‘samurai’ evokes the image of a noble warrior in medieval Japan, armed with two types of sword, and bound to a moral code underpinned by the values of honour, loyalty and sacrifice. The word ...

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