Category Archives: Masculinity

It’s Reigning Men: The use and abuse of Viking masculinity

Posted on May 8, 2019 by

This is an edited version of the paper I gave at the Midlands Viking Symposium on 27th April 2019. The Midlands Viking Symposium is a regional public engagement event that was started by Dr Christina Lee in 2005 to showcase … Continue reading →

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Northmen – A #Viking Buddy Movie

Posted on August 7, 2016 by

Can’t believe how long it is since I first drafted this post. I guess that tells you something about the movie and my enthusiasm for it. Anyway, here it is now, in all its stream-of-consciousness glory. In northern Europe in … Continue reading →

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