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.
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. 🧵
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
For #FindsFriday@ccooijmans.bsky.social visit to Aachen, here's an incredibly rare temple coin of Aachen minted by Louis the Pious (814-840) at the end of his reign. Found at Doornduyn, in the Huis van Hilde Museum (their image).
The great western bronze doors of Aachen's palatine chapel, cast around the year 800 (human for scale). #medievalsky
No matter how often you've been, Charlemagne's palatine chapel in Aachen (c. 795-805) remains a sight to behold. Although much tinkered with over the centuries, the octagon survives as a foremost example of Carolingian architecture, and is the only intact part of the wider palace complex.
A quick peek at the Gero Cross in Cologne Cathedral. Named for the archbishop who commissioned it, the late tenth-century crucifix is among the earliest western European depictions of the crucified Christ on the cross at the moment of death. #medievalsky
