Author Archives: Jules William Press

Gods Of Iceland: Baldr, The Really Hot & Perfect One

To see more Viking articles, click here. Words byIona Rangeley-Wilson; Photo by18th Century Icelandic Manuscript Superpowers: Really hot, has a big ship, really hot, did I mention he’s hot?Weaknesses: Mistletoe, obviously.Modern Analogue: Annoyingly handsome privileged frat boy who you can’t even hate because he’s nice. Baldr was the god of beauty, light, purity, joy, and basically every otherContinue reading “Gods Of Iceland: Baldr, The Really Hot & Perfect One”

A Viking Mystery Beneath Oxford University, archaeologists have uncovered a medieval city that altered the course of English history

Written by: David Keysin SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE | OCTOBER 2010 Before construction could begin on new student housing at one of Oxford University’s 38 colleges, St. John’s, archaeologists were summoned to investigate the site in January 2008. After just a few hours of digging, one archaeologist discovered the remains of a 4,000-year-old religious complex—an earthwork enclosure,Continue reading “A Viking Mystery Beneath Oxford University, archaeologists have uncovered a medieval city that altered the course of English history”

Viking Age Iceland: Studying Iceland

This is Part 2 of our ongoing series about Viking Age Iceland. For centuries, this island country, unique in Medieval Europe, operated with no king, no great lords, no foreign policy, and no defense forces but which developed legal and judicial systems to limit the violence of bloodfeud and protect the rights of freemen. Far out inContinue reading “Viking Age Iceland: Studying Iceland”