tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4497395399459358761..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Vikings - Lucy InglisMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-56768711935720820312013-06-02T22:21:24.280+01:002013-06-02T22:21:24.280+01:00I do like the sound of this, although I may have t...I do like the sound of this, although I may have to wait until the box set. The Vikings are so much more interesting than the way they are usually presented.<br /><br />Incidentally, I don't know if you follow Horrible Histories, but they had <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqGJ1F63OhM" rel="nofollow">this rather familiar-sounding tribute to the quieter side of the Vikings</a>.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-29886960801928239932013-06-02T21:42:09.244+01:002013-06-02T21:42:09.244+01:00Those Vikings got everywhere! I loved Margaret Elp...Those Vikings got everywhere! I loved Margaret Elphinstone's <a href="http://www.historicalnovels.info/Sea-Road.html" rel="nofollow">Sea Road</a>, which is about the life of Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, a Viking woman who travelled to North America. For years her story in the sagas was thought to have been fictional, but in more recent times archaelogical evidence in Newfoundland and Iceland have proved it was certainly feasible.<br /><br />(Make that Ernest Borgnine, btw- the curse of the typo strikes again)Annishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367569632016734415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-43153315474201402882013-06-02T16:11:40.499+01:002013-06-02T16:11:40.499+01:00How can I find this? Is it on at the moment?
How can I find this? Is it on at the moment? <br /><br />Essie Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04611324005960689918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-42310265822208338802013-06-02T13:44:18.557+01:002013-06-02T13:44:18.557+01:00Sounds great! Maybe it will come out on DVD. Gabri...Sounds great! Maybe it will come out on DVD. Gabriel Byrn? My first memory of him is seducing Ygraine in Excalibur without taking off his plate armour!Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-34506796285749946842013-06-02T11:24:22.060+01:002013-06-02T11:24:22.060+01:00I checked this one out a while ago (Gabriel Byrne?...I checked this one out a while ago (Gabriel Byrne? Count me in!!!) and was also very pleasantly surprised with how good it was!!! It just takes a bit of getting used to the dialogue, but the story and ambiance are fantastic!CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-6105321171598763932013-06-02T11:07:25.764+01:002013-06-02T11:07:25.764+01:00You've made me want to watch this - off to fin...You've made me want to watch this - off to find out when it's on. Thanks!Paeony Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129555451791248798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-70109052703495407062013-06-02T10:32:06.437+01:002013-06-02T10:32:06.437+01:00Just tried to comment and Blogger ate it - grr! T...Just tried to comment and Blogger ate it - grr! This is a lovely post, and I love the sound of you and your tutor thinking your way back into the sensations of the viking world! Sadly, I can't get the history Channel - wish I could! <br />I'm not sure about the overall greyness of the clothing, though. Coloured dyes were available, though not as bright as we're used to seeing around us today. Coloured Iron Age twills have been found preserved in the Hallstadt salt mines, with dyes ranging from browns, greens, blues and reds. You can see a scrap of cloth at this link if you scroll down http://annajuan.ch/review-2nd-international-symposium-on-hallstatt-textiles/ - and I have a feeling the general impression of Iron Age woollen clothing would have been of soft, warm, blended colours and patterned weaves. Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26874268196819587872013-06-02T09:21:06.429+01:002013-06-02T09:21:06.429+01:00Interesting, and thanks for the tip. I shall look ...Interesting, and thanks for the tip. I shall look Vikings up on Tivo.<br /><br />There's archaelogical evidence that Viking trade - and possibly the Vikings themselves - reached the far North of Canada, and as far south in America as the Carolinas.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-55935248638274380472013-06-02T08:19:57.824+01:002013-06-02T08:19:57.824+01:00Travis Fimmel certainly makes a more toothsome Rag...Travis Fimmel certainly makes a more toothsome Ragnar than Ernest Borgine, who played him in the movie "The Vikings" :) (Ernest's Ragnar came to a sticky end in King Ælle of Northumbria's wolf pit).Annishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367569632016734415noreply@blogger.com