For those interested in the history and representations of vikings in video games, our team member Chris Cooijmans (@ccooijmans.bsky.social) recently wrote a piece about this for EPOCH magazine!
For centuries, the interactions, impacts, and iconographies of the Viking Age have roused the imagination of authors and artists.
It even has its own Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Heiligen
So the 'Treaty of Heiligen' may be the result of a modern mix-up, which has since begun to lead a life of its own. As such, would it be better to just refer to the event as the 'Treaty of the Eider' instead?
OK, so bear with me - In Kurze's edition, the footnote referring to the missing location is labelled 'u'. Further down the same page, however, another footnote has that exact same letter, and refers to one of the delegates at the meeting: a certain Osfrid, 'son of Heiligen'. 4/5
The answer may be fairly simple. It seems that the place-name was only first noted in the 1970s, featuring in the well-known translation of the RFA by Bernhard Walter Scholz and Barbara Rogers, which, in turn, was based on Kurze's edition from 1895. 3/5
In the Royal Frankish Annals (RFA), there is, in fact, an omission where the whereabouts of the meeting should be. So with no specific location in evidence, why is the treaty known by this particular name? 2/5 (Image - top: ÖNB Cod 510, 102v - bottom: MGH SRG 6, 134)
This came up again recently, so reposting here: Mystery or mix-up? In 811, Charlemagne and Danish ruler Hemming negotiated a treaty on the River Eider, now often referred to as the 'Treaty of Heiligen'. Oddly enough, no exact location - no 'Heiligen' - is mentioned for this in primary sources. 🧵
Framework maybe? I've had one for a few years, and it's been very good (very easy to upgrade and fix yourself, which they encourage). They sell refurbished ones too, I think.
Vikings in outer space! Great to see my work on camp logistics featured in this new paper on supply chain sustainability in deep space exploration - who says medieval history doesn't matter? 🚀 www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/12...
Space exploration, with its enormous distances and extreme environments, is a challenge to technology, human habitation, sustainability, and supply chains. On the flip-side, however, it can provide a ...
The belfry of St. Stephen's church in Kornelimünster, now a suburb of Aachen. First attested in the 12th century, excavations confirm an earlier 9/10th century church to have been established here, stonework of which survives in the tower (formerly west choir). Painting (detail): Kunsthaus NRW, C18
