To the right: 11th-century Runestone from Sweden commemorating the death of Oleifr in “Langbarðalandi ” (Southern Italy), possibly while serving under Harald Hardrada against the Normans. To the right: the Byzantine invasion of Sicily 1038, to which Harald took part, from the 12th-century Skylitzes Matritensis.

To the right: 11th-century Runestone from Sweden commemorating the death of Oleifr in “Langbarðalandi ” (Southern Italy), possibly while serving under Harald Hardrada against the Normans. To the right: the Byzantine invasion of Sicily 1038, to which Harald took part, from the 12th-century Skylitzes Matritensis.

November 25. 2022

„Call for Papers: A Viking in the Sun“

call-for-papers.-harald-hardrada--the-mediterranean--and-the-nordic-world.pdf

A Viking in the Sun:

Harald Hardrada, the Mediterranean, and the Nordic World, between the late Viking Age and the Eve of the Crusades

Event 1: Textual and Material Sources and their Performativity

Snorrastofa (Reykholt, Iceland), 29-31 May 2023

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