An Overview of Life in Viking Age Europe

    This post mainly covers the period from 800–1100, during the so-called Viking Age in Europe.  This period is also called the Early Middle Ages or the Dark Ages in western Europe.  I can find surprisingly few museum-quality videos about Viking-era medicine and toys, but I will persevere!

General information
    Banijay History. "Norman Conquest: The Real Impact - Britain's Most Historic Towns." YouTube. Posted October 2, 2024.
    Cambrian Chronicles. "The Prince of Wales: What Everybody Gets Wrong." YouTube. Posted October 17, 2022.
    National Museum of Ireland. "Viking Ireland 4 What was Daily Life like in Viking Ireland?" YouTube. Posted November 16, 2020.
    SCC Archaeology. "Anglo-Saxon Daily Life." YouTube. Posted August 16, 2021.
    Smarthistory. "Charlemagne and the Carolingian revival." YouTube. Posted June 14, 2013.

Arts and architecture
    Department of Islamic Art. "The Art of the Umayyad Period in Spain (711–1031)." In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.
    Little, Charles T. "The Art of Ivory and Gold in Northern Europe around 1000 A.D." In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016.
    Perratore, Julia. "Artistic Interaction among Cultures in Medieval Iberia." In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016.
    Smarthistory. "Durham Cathedral." YouTube. Posted July 6, 2017.
    Smarthistory. "Lorsch Abbey: architecture from Charlemagne's realm." YouTube. Posted April 9, 2025.
    Sorabella, Jean. "Carolingian Art." In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008.
    Sorabella, Jean. "Ottonian Art." In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008.

Clothing and fashion
    History West Midlands. "Secrets of Anglo-Saxon Gold - Revealed in exciting new study at British Museum." YouTube. Posted October 20, 2014.
    JORVIK Viking Centre. "Viking Trade in Iceland: Wool." YouTube. Posted April 26, 2024.
    SCC Archaeology. "Weaving cloth the Anglo-Saxon way." YouTube. Posted August 16, 2021.
    Priest-Dorman, Carolyn. "Colors, Dyestuffs, and Mordants of the Viking Age: An Introduction." Buðgarðr. April 24, 1999.
    YorkMuseumsTrust. "The Bedale Hoard." YouTube. Posted June 9, 2015.

Economy and trade
    Cambridge University. "The Silver Standard: Solving a medieval money mystery." YouTube. Posted April 9, 2024.
    Holmes, Claire, and Keith Lilley. "Viking Swansea." City Witness. No date.
    JORVIK Viking Centre. "Viking Trade in North Yorkshire: Jet." YouTube. Posted March 22, 2024.
    Marchant, Katrina. "Domesday Book: William I's Great Survey." YouTube. Posted August 23, 2024.
    Smarthistory. "Sutton Hoo, an Anglo-Saxon treasure collected across Europe and Asia." YouTube. Posted April 13, 2019.

Food and drink
    Archaeology Now. "Gruit to Hops - Getting Medieval on Beer | Uncorked." YouTube. Posted March 27, 2021.
    SCC Archaeology. "Cooking an Anglo-Saxon Meal." YouTube. Posted August 16, 2021.

Games and entertainment
    University of Toronto. "University of Toronto: Anglo-Saxon Riddle Tradition Riddle 2." YouTube. Posted February 22, 2013.

Health and medicine
-TBA

Literature and education
    Exeter Cathedral. "Exeter Cathedral's Riddler In Residence & The Exeter Book." YouTube. Posted May 20, 2022.
    Smarthistory. "The astonishing Book of Kells." YouTube. Posted June 25, 2022.
    Smarthistory. "The Lindisfarne Gospels." YouTube. Posted February 8, 2019.
    Studium Historiae. "Election In The Early Centuries Of The Holy Roman Empire." YouTube. Posted September 8, 2024.
    YaleCourses. "20. The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000: Intellectuals and the Court of Charlemagne." YouTube. Posted April 5, 2012.

Religion and folklore
    National Museum of Ireland. "Glendalough: Power, Prayer & Pilgrimage." YouTube. Posted September 14, 2020.
    Smarthistory. "Theotokos mosaic, apse, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul." YouTube. Posted June 8, 2014.
    Smarthistory. "The Utrecht Psalter and its influence." YouTube. Posted February 8, 2019.

Travel and transportation
    Archaeology Now. "Sailing Like a Viking | Tiny Lectures w/ Louise Henriksen." YouTube. Posted September 2, 2020.
    Smithsonian Channel. "Every Genius Detail That Made Viking Longships Remarkable." YouTube. Posted June 25, 2020.

Warfare
    Historyextra. "5 reasons the First Crusade happened." YouTube. Posted October 13, 2023.
    History Hit. "The True Story of the First Viking Attack on England." YouTube. Posted January 13, 2023.
    Marchant, Katrina. "William I: Conquerer or Criminal? (The Harrying of the North)." YouTube. Posted May 31, 2024.
    Royal Armouries. "How A Man Shall Be Armed: 11th Century." YouTube. Posted February 20, 2017.
    Sorabella, Jean. "The Vikings (780–1100)." In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002.
    The Great Courses. "Who was Alfred the Great? | The History of Europe." YouTube. Posted September 26, 2022.

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