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Ch-ch-ch-changes
Being a reenactor is always changing as we learn more about the Vikings
Wintersnight
This time of year we would usually be getting organised for Wintersnight feast. The Viking’s didn’t think of seasons the way that we do, for them it was simply Summer or Winter. Summer was the easier part of the year, there was plenty of food to be had, travel was easy, there was plenty ofContinue reading “Wintersnight”
Playing with fire – Odins Aett try forging
Odins Aett Viking Re-enactors visit Oldfield Forge to try their hands at forging
Viking Medicine
Herbs for healing, a brief look at viking medicine
Book Review – The Mead Hall
Stephen Pollington’s “The Mead Hall: The Feasting Tradition in Anglo-Saxon England” is a fascinating read. Using Old English texts, including Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, Pollington explains the importance of communal meals and how they shaped early English society. This is backed up with archaeological evidence showing how halls were structured, what their feasting gear lookedContinue reading “Book Review – The Mead Hall”
Viking Weapons – The Axe
Odins Aetts Master at Arms talks about Axes
Back in kit – hooray!
Odins Aett’s first outing since the lockdown began. Iceni Meadery open day in Woodston Peterborough
Apples of Immortality
They say that “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” and while that’s usually seen as a reminder that we should all eat more fruit and veg than we often manage, the gods of the Vikings would have taken it far more literally. They were able to stay at the peak of youth andContinue reading “Apples of Immortality”
Longbow Making
Since archery is one of the few bits of training that it has been possible to do while socially distancing we’ve been doing a fair bit of it this year – and after spending a fabulous day making ash longbows yesterday that is definitely going to continue even after covid-19 is just a memory. I’dContinue reading “Longbow Making”
