The annual JORVIK Viking Festival will be returning to the streets on York from 11th-19th February 2023 alongside That JORVIK Viking Thing - a series of online livestreams and on demand digital content for Viking fans around the world to enjoy.

In this minisode Miranda and Lucas chat about some of the events that will be taking place during the Festival week, as well as upcoming podcast episodes and digital events.

A full programme of events check out the JORVIK Viking Festival website

Digital content can be found at That JORVIK Viking Thing website

Miranda and Lucas' Assassins Creed Valhalla: Discovery Tour livestream will be available to watch for free on Sunday 12th February at 7pm at: https://www.twitch.tv/jorvikgroup

Vikings in Ireland hosted by Lucas and Matthew Lester, Assistant Keep of Archaeology at the National Museum of Ireland, will available to watch for free on Monday 13th February at 7pm at: Vikings in Ireland – Jorvik Viking Festival

To hear more from our friends The Silly History Boys check out The Silly History Boys Podcast

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 Join Lucas and Miranda as they continue their stroll around the JORVIK Viking Centre.
This time they're discussing the new items on display in the JORVIK Viking Centre galleries, generously on loan from the British Museum. These artefacts display the extensive trade networks of the Vikings, which connected the city of Jorvik to the trading centres of Western Asia and the Mediterranean.

For our past Gallery Walk Throughs check out:
Episode 28 - The JORVIK Viking Centre Gets the Silverdale Hoard with Gareth Williams
Episode 39 - JORVIK Viking Centre Gallery Walk Through: Travel and Trade
Episode 57 - JORVIK Viking Centre Gallery Walk Through: Skeletons

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Join Lucas and Miranda as they take another stroll around the JORVIK Viking Centre. This time they're discussing the 3 skeletons on display in our Galleries to see what we can learn about the City of Jorvik, the Viking Age as a whole, and what the lives of these 3 people might have been like 1000 years ago.

For our past Gallery Walk Throughs check out:
Episode 28 - The JORVIK Viking Centre Gets the Silverdale Hoard with Gareth Williams
Episode 39 - JORVIK Viking Centre Gallery Walk Through: Travel and Trade

And subscribe so you don't miss our next episode on the new artefacts on display at JORVIK on loan from the British Museum.

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Did the Vikings ever think "New Yule, New Me?" In this episode we talk about the Viking version on New Year's resolutions - making a sacred oath while touching a wild boar!

Listen as we explore the tradition of oath-making and breaking in Germanic cultures, talk about some of the stranger examples of oaths in the sagas, and try and remember some of the oaths in Game of Thrones!
 
Examples of oaths in our past episodes:
31 - The Legend of Ragnar Lothbrok
36 - Twilight of the Viking Age: The HARALD of Change!

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The Viking Age, especially in the British Isles, is often associated with a few key places; such as Lindisfarne, London, Dublin, and of course York. However, the Viking world was a wide and varied place, and we plan to take a closer look at more of it with a particular focus on places not commonly associated with the Vikings.

In this episode Lucas speaks to Helen Otterwell, Head of Education at Jersey Heritage. Lucas and Helen discuss the history of the Vikings and the Normans in Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands.

For more information on the topics mentioned in the episode, please check out:
Jersey Heritage
William of Jumieges
Saint Helier
Roman de Rou, by Wace
Jèrriais, the traditional language of Jersey

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The Viking Age, especially in the British Isles, is often associated with a few key places; such as Lindisfarne, London, Dublin, and of course York. However, the Viking world was a wide and varied place, and we plan to take a closer look at more of it with a particular focus on  places not commonly associated with the Vikings.

In this episode Lucas speaks to John Fletcher, author of the recently released The Western Kingdom: The Birth of Cornwall. Lucas and John discuss the very interesting, but lesser known Viking History of Cornwall. 

For more information on the topics mentioned in the episode, please check out:
Trewhiddle Hoard
Scourge
Cardinham Cross
Hogback Graves

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Did you know that in Viking Age England some people paid their rent in eels?

Join us as we talk to Dr John Wyatt Greenlee, also known as The Surprised Eel Historian. We’ll talk about the surprisingly important role of eels in Early Medieval history and shed some light on what the Vikings of Coppergate may have been doing with these slippery serpents!

For more fun facts about the history of eels check out our guest’s website and Twitter page.

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Join us for the last installment of our four spooky historic Halloween episodes as we bring you the terrifying tale of It Wanders at Night; a very sinister Viking tale!

In this episode we hear the horrifying story of an Undead Viking known as a Draugr and the tragic story of the hero who stopped him, adapted from the Sagas of Icelanders.

This is our final story, but you can still go back and listen to the others. Episode one The Haunted Moorland and episode two The Invisible Drummer, and episode three The Thing That Came in the Night.

To hear last year's Draugr story check out Episode 22 - Draugr: Sagas of the Viking Undead.

And for a funny video version of this episode, check out the JORVIK Group YouTube channel.

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Join us for the third of our four spooky historic Halloween episodes as we bring you the terrifying tale of The Thing That Came in the Night.

In this episode we hear the horrifying tale of a monster living in a Roman latrine and the poor servant tasked with stopping it, adapted from the 2nd Century text On the Characteristics of Animals.

One more spooky story will be released on Halloween. Make sure you go back and listen to episode one The Haunted Moorland and episode two The Invisible Drummer.

And for a funny video version of this episode, check out the JORVIK Group YouTube channel.

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Join us for the second of our four spooky historic Halloween episodes as we bring you the terrifying tale of the Invisible Drummer.

In this episode we hear the spooky (true?) story of a terrorized house and the drumming that wouldn't stop, adapted from the 18th Century text The Complete Wizard.

More spooky stories will be released throughout October. Make sure you listened to last week's episode The Haunted Moorland.

And for a funny video version of this episode, check out the JORVIK Group YouTube channel.

Listen and enjoy, and please consider leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen!