I’m Linda and I focus on historical costumes. I travel all around Sweden (and abroad too) holding workshops and teaching about historical crafting, and I also make historical clothing on comission, for companies, reenactors and museums. Website: https://handcraftedhistory.blog Facebook: Handcrafted History Etsy: HandcraftedHistories
What’s up in Early Medieval Reenactment Upcoming events: Festival of Slavs and Vikings “Wolin-Jomsborg-Vineta” Odense Middelalderdage 2019 Hornbore ting – Vikingamarknad 2019 130th Islendingadagurinn – Icelandic Festival of Manitoba Vikingemarked i Hobro Romaría Vikinga in Catoira Vikings at Birka Vikingekrigere in Ribe Past events: Moesgård Viking Moot Vikingehåndværkertræf 2019 in Aggersborg Viking Market in Saltvik…
Possible grave of a Slavic warrior woman has been identified by Dr. Leszek Gardeła. Archaeologists discovered it many years ago in the Viking cemetery on the Danish island of Langeland. But until now they did not notice a typical Slavic axe. According to the researcher, both the form of the burial – a chamber grave…
My name is Jadwiga and I run that store since 2011. You may find here broad selection of silver and bronze jewellery, mostly replicas from archaeological findings from all over the Europe. Thanks to cooperation with Kokosz Manufacture we can provide also gambesons and padded equipment, covering the period from 9th to 16th century. Website:…
In the Middle Ages, Scandinavians obtained their daily necessities through a variety of means. Some people made certain items like fabric, baskets, or leather yet needed to buy other goods like metal housewares. Most transactions would be a barter system, maybe a bolt or two of fabric in exchange for an iron cauldron? Metals would…
Such ‘non-Romans’ provide an interesting case study; we might in particular consider the Lombards, whose very appellation is traditionally believed to derive from an origin myth in which the group’s women disguise themselves as men by tying their hair down to form ‘long beards’ (Borri 2014). In many ways the historicity of this story matters much…
What’s up in Early Medieval Reenactment Upcoming events: Vikingehåndværkertræf 2019 in Aggersborg Viking Market in Saltvik Spelet om Heilag Olav in Verdalsøra Slavic Culture Festival in Gniezno Tornerspel på Trelleborgen Värmlands Vikingating 2019 Past events: Vikings at Birka Gudvangen Viking Market 2019 Festival of Slavic History in Cieszyn Silesia Medeltidslägret Levande Glimmingehus Sarpsborg International Viking…
This article focuses on the garment that was worn by Viking women together with the characteristic oval brooches. While it has been called many things by researchers over the years (e.g. trägerrock and hängerock), I will use what is currently thought to be the old Norse name for the garment (Ewing 2006, p. 37), namely…
