Lullabies soothe children to sleep in many cultures, but not all of them are child-friendly. The lyrics can address such topics as dead children and unfaithfulness
French women had more power in the Middle Ages than after the revolution, according to Erika Graham-Goering
The novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin has been published in Norway 60 times, it highlights how the country has trailed behind in the racism debate.
A new study, published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, compared rates of violence in Viking Age Norway and Denmark societies
Norway, 1940: the parliament (Stortinget) was willing to sacrifice King and government; a book by Historian Øystein Sørensen has been trying to understand why
Medieval music wasn’t necessarily supposed to be something beautiful and complex, it had other practical purposes,” says Manon Louviot, a musicologist
“If we could better understand the distinction between the literal and the figurative, this could help us to understand the human mind” says Allott
Runes were just as advanced as Roman alphabet writing: Johan Bollaert has investigated written language used in public inscriptions in Norway from the 1100s to the 1500s
In medieval Norway, high-class people – especially women– were taller and had stronger bones, according to buried remains
Findings show that the Vikings’ self-image was influenced by Ancient Rome; the research was carried out by Julie Lund
