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1,100-YEAR OLD CEREMONIAL CIKING SHIELD - CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

1,100-year-old ‘ceremonial’ Viking shields were actually used in battle, study suggests Dozens of Viking round shields from a famous ship burial unearthed in Norway were not strictly ceremonial as long thought; instead they may have protected warriors in battle, a new study finds. 1000 YEAR OLD SHIELD FOUND IN DENMARK.   CARRUTHERS ANCESTORS WERE MAINLY DANISH VIKINGS. A reanalysis of the wooden…

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EARL HAAKON AND THE JOMS VIKINGS - CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

EARL HAAKON AND THE JOMSVIKINGS Chief among the nobles of Haakon the Good, of Norway, was Earl Sigurd of Hlade; and first among those who followed him was Earl Haakon, Sigurd’s son. After the death of Haakon the Good, the sons of Gunhild became the masters of Norway, where they ruled like tyrants, murdering Sigurd, whom they most feared. This made the young Earl Haakon their bitter foe. A young…

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HAAKON THE GOOD - CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

HAAKON THE GOOD AND THE SONS OF GUNHILD   CARRUTHERS ANCESTOR   We have told how King Haakon succeeded his brother, Erik Blood-Axe, on the throne, and how, from his kindly and gentle nature, people called him Haakon the Good. There were other sons and several grandsons of Harold the Fair-Haired in the kingdom, but the new king treated them with friendliness and let them rule as minor kings under…

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THE SEAKINGS AND THEIR DARING FEATS - CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

THE SEAKINGS AND ALL THEIR DARING FEATS       From the word vik, or bay, comes the word viking, long used to designate the sea-rovers of the Northland, the bold Norse wanderers who for centuries made their way to the rich lands of the south on plundering raids. Beginning by darting out suddenly from hiding places in bays or river mouths to attack passing craft, they in the end became daring…

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HOW KING ROLF WON HIS WIFE - CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

HOW KING ROLF WON HIS WIFE   At one time very many centuries ago, we cannot say just when, for this was in the days of the early legends, there reigned over Upsala in Sweden a king named Erik. He had no son and only one daughter, but this girl was worth a dozen sons and daughters of some kings. Torborg she was named, and there were few women so wise and beautiful and few men so strong and…

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GUDRID - THE VIKING WOMAN WHO SAILED TO AMERICA AND WALKED TO ROME - CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

GUDRID THE FAR TRAVELER  THE VIKING WOMAN WHO SAILED TO AMERICA AND WALKED TO ROME  Move over Erik the Red and Leif Erikson, and make room for Gudrid the Far-Traveled. She was the first European woman to give birth in America, as well as the first nun in Iceland. She roamed Vinland (in modern Canada) and visited Rome. No medieval woman traveled further than her.   he’s been called “the greatest…

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ARCHEOLOGICAL DNA

ARCHEOLOGICAL DNA   A new study based on 297 ancient Scandinavian genomes analysed together with the genomic data of 16,638 present day Scandinavians resolve the complex relations between geography, ancestry, and gene flow in Scandinavia — encompassing the Roman Age, the Viking Age and later periods. A surprising increase of variation during the Viking period indicates that gene flow into…

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A THOUSAND YEAR OLD VIKING HALL IN DENMARK - CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

A THOUSAND YEAR OLD VIKING HALL UNCOVERED IN DENMARK Archaeologists located in Denmark recently discovered to their amazement the remains of a Vikings hall that would have been used at the height of the late Viking age between the ninth and eleventh centuries. The structure measures hundred-thirty feet long and twenty-six to thirty-two feet wide. The hall’s structure includes a round of ten to…

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