Viking Invasions and Settlement in the East Midlands - People and Places

Location
Online Webinar
Date(s)
Wednesday 3rd June 2020 (15:30-16:30)
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Description

What evidence can we use from the East Midlands to find out who the Vikings were, where they went and what traces they left behind? Discuss these and other questions with Professor Judith Jesch.

Chair and facilitator

Sharon Clancy and Volker Wedekind

Reading/resources

  • Vikings in the East Midlands - browse at pleasure!
  • The Danelaw  - Link to BBC Radio 4 programme: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Danelaw
  • Viking Nottinghamshire (2017) - Book by Rebecca Gregory. Published by Nottingham's own Five Leaves Bookshop, available by mail order.
  • Professor Judith Jesch is also doing a podcast for BBC History Magazine, a Q&A about Vikings. We will provide details here as soon as it is available.

 

 

 

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