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HIST 4395: The Vikings

HIST 4395: The Vikings (University of Houston). Instructor: Professor Sally Vaughn. History, culture, and religion of Vikings from their Indo-European roots and migration to Scandinavia through their invasions of Europe, excursions to North America, and trade with the Byzantine and Muslim worlds: state-building and impact on world history.

Lecture 1A - Introduction

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Lecture 1A - Introduction

Lecture 1B - The Origins of the Vikings

Lecture 2A - Viking Material Culture

Lecture 2B - Viking Material Culture (cont.)

Lecture 3A - Viking Society

Lecture 3B - Viking Society (cont.)

Lecture 4A - Viking Arts

Lecture 4B - Viking Runes

Lecture 5A - Viking Women

Lecture 5B - Viking Women (cont.)

Lecture 6A - Viking Religion: the Mythology

Lecture 6B - Viking Religion: Rituals, Feasts, Sacrifices

Lecture 7A - Viking Sagas I

Lecture 7B - Viking Sagas II

Lecture 8A - Viking Ships and Weapons

Lecture 8B - The First Viking Invasions

Lecture 9A - The Viking in the Orkneys

Lecture 9B - Vikings in Ireland and Scotland

Lecture 10A - Viking Iceland

Lecture 10B - Medieval Iceland

Lecture 11A - Greenland and Vinland

Lecture 11B - Land of the Rus

Lecture 12A - Alfred's England: After the First Conquest

Lecture 12B - Viking Normandy

Lecture 13A - Scandinavian Kingdom of England

Lecture 13B - The Bayeux Tapestry

Lecture 14A - Christianization of Scandinavia

Lecture 14B - Formation of Scandinavian Kingdom