Books

Recommended Reading by our Members

  • The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes by Dr. Jackson Crawford
  • The Saga of the Volsungs, with the Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok by Jackson Crawford
  • The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
  • The Vinland Sagas by Keneva Kunz, Gisli Sigurdsson
  • Agricola and Germania by Cornelius Tacitus, J. B. Rives
  • The Sagas of the Icelanders by Robert Kellogg, var.
  • The Elder Edda by Andy Orchard, Anonymous
  • The Saga of the People of Laxardal and Bolli Bollason’s Tale by Anonymous, Bergljot S Kristjansdottir, Keneva Kunz
  • Njal’s Saga
  • The Saga of Hrolf Kraki
  • Egil’s Saga
  • The Laxdale Saga
  • The Saga of Grettir the Strong
  • The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok and His Sons
  • The Saga of Gisli Sursson
  • Gisli Sursson’s Saga & The Saga of the People of Eyri by Martin Regal, Judy Quinn, Vesteinn Olason
  • The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent Tongue
  • Beowulf
  • The Children of Odin-Nordic Gods and Heroes by Padraic Colum, w/ intro. by Thomas A Dubois
  • Kalevala: The Epic of the Finnish People by Elias Lonnrot, Eino Friberg
  • The Book of the Settlement of Iceland by Ari Frodi, T. Ellwood
  • Everyday Early Medieval Life-Brief Glimpses at the Culture of the Period by Roland Ambrose
  • The Real Middle Earth-Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages by Brian Bates
  • A Needle in the Right Hand of God: The Norman Conquest of 1066 and the Making and Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry by R. Howard Bloch
  • 1066: The Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry by Andrew Bridgeford
  • The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman by Nancy Marie Brown
  • Thorfinn the Mighty-The Ultimate Viking by George Brunsden
  • Viking Age Iceland by Jesse Byock
  • Medieval Church Architecture by Jon Cannon
  • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Illustrated and Annotated by Bob Carruthers
  • The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings by Kevin Crossley-Holland
  • The Road to Hel-A Study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature by Hilda Roderick Ellis
  • The Sea Road by Margaret Elphinstone
  • Battle Abbey and Battlefield by English Heritage
  • Viking Clothing by Thor Ewing
  • Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness-Arab Traders in the Far North by Ibn Fadlan [transl. by Paul Lunde & Caroline Stone]
  • The Hammer and the Cross-A New History of the Vikings by Robert Ferguson
  • God’s Viking: Harald Hardrada: The Life and Times of the Last Great Viking by Nic Fields
  • Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
  • A Dyer’s Manual by Jill Goodwin
  • The Bayeux Tapestry by Wolfgang Grape
  • The Battle of Maldon-Text and Translation by Bill Griffiths
  • Elves, Wights, and Trolls, Studies Towards the Practice of Germanic Heathenry by Kveldulf Gundarson
  • The Vikings in England-Settlement, Society, and Culture by D. M. Hadley
  • Anglo-Saxon Food and Drink by Ann Hagen
  • Exploring the World of the Vikings by Richard Hall
  • Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West, 450-900 by Guy Halsall
  • Anglo-Saxon Thegn AD449-1066 by Mark Harrison, illust. by Gerry Embleton
  • Dark Age Naval Power by John Haywood
  • A Guide to the Late Anglo-Saxon England from Aelfred to Edgar 871-1074AD by Donald Henson
  • The Northern Conquest: Vikings in Britain and Ireland by Katherine Holman
  • The Death of Anglo-Saxon England by N.J. Higham
  • The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great by Paul Hill
  • The Year 1000-What Life was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium by Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger
  • Canute the Great: 995-1035 and the Ride of Danish Imperialism During the Viking Age by Laurence Marcellus Larson
  • Alfred’s Wars-Sources and Interpretation of Anglo-Saxon Warfare in the Viking Age by Ryan Lavelle
  • 1066-The Year of the Three Battles by Frank McLynn
  • Warfare Under the Anglo-Norman Kings, 1066-1135 by Stephen Morillo
  • The Anglo-Saxons-A History of the Beginnings of England 400-1066 by Marc Morris
  • The Norman Conquest: The Battle of Hastings an the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England by Marc Morris
  • Viking by National Museum of Denmark
  • Queen Emma and the Vikings: A History of Power, Love, and Greed in 11th Century England by Harriet O’Brien
  • Strange Histories: The Trial of the Pig, the Walking Dead, and Other Matters of Fact from the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds by Darren Oldridge
  • The Vikings: A New History by Neil Oliver
  • Dress in Anglo-Saxon England by Gale R. Owen-Crocker
  • Swords of the Viking Age by Ian Pierce
  • First Steps in Old English by Stephen Pollington
  • Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plant Lore, and Healing by Stephen Pollington
  • The English Warrior from Earliest Times Till 1066 by Stephen Pollington
  • The Mead-Hall-Feasting in Anglo-Saxon England by Stephen Pollington
  • Mysteries of the Far North-The Secret History of the Vikings in Greenland and North America by Jacques Privat
  • 1066: A New History of the Norman Conquest by Peter Rex
  • Viking Age England by Julian Richards
  • Barbarians, Marauders, and Infidels: The Ways of Medieval Warfare by Antonio Santosuosso
  • Tastes of Anglo-Saxon England by Mary Savelli
  • The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings by Peter Sawyer
  • Icelanders in the Viking Age: The People of the Sagas by William R. Short
  • Viking Weapons and Warfare by J. Kim Siddorn
  • The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons, and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie [transl. by Allison McCullough
  • The Crooked Stick-A History of the Longbow by Hugh D. H. Soar
  • The Great Warbow: From Hastings to the Mary Rose by Matthew Strickland
  • Anglo-Saxon Weapons & Warfare by Richard Underwood
  • Anglo-Saxon Art by Leslie Webster
  • Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered by Peter S. Wells
  • Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England by Annie Whitehead
  • Saxon, Viking, and Norman by Terence Wise, illust. by Gerry Embleton
  • River Kings-A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads by Cat Jarman
  • The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World-The Sacred and Secular Power of Embroidery by Alexandra Lester-Makin
  • Tracing Textile Production-From the Viking Age to the Middle Ages, Tools, Texts, and Contexts by Ingvild Oye
  • A Brief History of Iceland by Gunnar Karlsson
  • The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World [Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe] by Maren Clegg Hyer, Gale R. Owen-Crocker
  • Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
  • The Vikings by Else Roesdahl
  • The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia by Neil Price
  • The Vikings by Neil Price
  • Odin’s Whisper: Death and the Vikings by Neil Price
  • Aggersborg: The Viking-Age Settlement and Fortress by Else Roesdahl
  • Reconstructing Hnefatafl by Damien Walker
  • TAFL: Ancient Board Games of the Norse and Celtic Peoples of Scandinavia and the British Isles by Jesse Robinson
  • Brother Cadfael’s Herb Garden: An Illustrated Companion to Medieval Plants and Their Uses by Robin Whiteman, Rob Talbot
  • Past Into Present: Effective Techniques for Historical Interpretation by Stacy F. Roth
  • HowExpert Guide to Medieval Reenactment: 101 Tips to Become a Medieval Reenactor, Experience the Medieval Ages, and Have fun at Renaissance Fairs by Abigail Bethhe
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