Frithcast Episode 67 - Vikings and Christians

Episode 67 - Vikings and Christians

Things we talk about in this episode:

Opening Music:

'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]

Closing Music:

'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]

Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org

 

• “Kate von Lichtenstein” - paraphrased from A Knight’s Tale (2001) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183790/
• Sashay Away – Ru Paul, especially in Ru Paul’s Drag Race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLpMwN9n0ZM
• Invader Zim https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235923/
• The Golgafrinshan B Ark: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Golgafrinchan_Ark_Fleet_Ship_B
• Ibn Fadlan’s account of the Rus Chieftains burial: https://www.worldbulletin.net/history/perception-of-the-vikings-from-ibn-fadlans-glance-in-al-risala-h115169.html
• The Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eaters-Dead-Michael-Crichton/dp/0099222825
• The 13^th Warrior (1999) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120657/
• The Anglo Saxon Chronicle https://www.britannica.com/topic/Anglo-Saxon-Chronicle
• Runestones in Sweden https://mashable.com/2017/01/07/runestones-of-sweden/?europe=true
• The conversion of Northern Europe – Suzanne likes Fletcher’s book “The Conversion of Europe: From Paganism to Christianity 371 – 1386 AD” - accessible for the non-academic and a good overview of the whole period.
• “5... 10, 20 big lads” Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves (1991) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102798/
• Runestones were painted: https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-viking-age/power-and-aristocracy/rune-stones/ and also http://www.the-ninth-age.com/community/index.php?thread/43805-painted-runestones/ for images
• Roman statues were also painted: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/gods-in-color-ancient-world-polychromy/index.html and here for a video: https://theancienthome.com/blogs/blog-and-news/greek-roman-statues-painted
• Civic works mentioned on runestones: the brige at Taby - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarlabanke_Runestones
• Adam of Bremen: esp his description of the temple at Uppsala http://www.germanicmythology.com/works/uppsalatemple.html
• Redwaaaaall! Rom the Brian Jacques childrens book series https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/DUI/redwall
• Bede and his account of King Redwald’s two altars: https://wuffingeducation.co.uk/information/previous-study-days/2015-jan-to-march/temple-of-the-two-altars/
• Emperor Julian the Apostate https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julian-Roman-emperor
• Pharoh Akenton https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/pharaoh-akhenaten-different-view-heretic-king-005249
• Top down and bottom up conversion in the early church: https://www.history.com/news/inside-the-conversion-tactics-of-the-early-christian-church
• The Emperor’s new clothes https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheEmperorsNewClothes_e.html
• Sutton Hoo’s christening spoons: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=86503&partId=1&searchText=byzantine&place=35846&page=1
• The conversion of St Paul: https://catholicexchange.com/the-conversion-of-st-paul
• The Irish Crozier and Buddha finds from Helgo: http://irisharchaeology.ie/2013/12/the-helgo-treasure-a-viking-age-buddha/
• How to find us online