In Swedish prehistory, the Vendel Period (Swedish: Vendeltiden; c. 540–790 AD) appears between the Migration Period and the Viking Age. The name is taken...
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have been found here, which have given their name to the Vendel Period. Vendel Church (Vendels kyrka) was probably begun to be built in Romanesque style...
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of these Merovingian-period swords have notably been found in the context of the Scandinavian Germanic Iron Age (Vendel period). There is no single term...
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Swedes (section Migration Age and Vendel Period)
of Scandinavia is thought to have died as a result and the emerging Vendel Period shows an increased militarization of society. Several areas with rich...
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Prehistoric Sweden (section Vendel Period, 550–800 AD)
gold ornaments, are known from the following Migration Period (c. 400–550 AD) and Vendel Period (c. 550–790 AD). Sweden's Iron Age is considered to extend...
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Sutton Hoo (section Iron Age and Romano-British period)
Birgit (1983). "The chronology of the Vendel graves". In Lamm, Jan Peder & Nordstrom, Hans-Åke (eds.). Vendel Period Studies: transactions of the Boat-Grave...
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known as the Broa helmet) is a decorated iron helmet from around the Vendel Period. Discovered around 1904 in a cremation grave in Broe, a farm on the...
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Archaeology of Northern Europe (section Periodization)
primary written documents in the form of runestones. Vendel Period helmet, Sweden Vendel Period sword, Sweden, 7th century AD Möne Collar from Västergötland...
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Bautil (category Vendel Period)
Bautil is a fundamental Swedish runological work by the priest, runologist and archaeologist Johan Göransson, published in 1750. The full title of the...
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Vendel Period helmet at the Swedish History Museum...
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legendary kings would have ruled during the Migration Period (c. 375–550) and subsequent Vendel Period (c. 550–790), but larger political structures in...
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Valsgärde (category Vendel Period)
and before this similar graves had only been found at Vendel, which gave its name to this period of the Scandinavian Iron Age. The graves are princely...
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Master of Animals (category Ubaid period)
from Vendel and Valsgärde. In the art of Mesopotamia the motif appears very early, usually with a "naked hero", for example at Uruk in the Uruk period (c...
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Sutton Hoo helmet (section Vendel)
Gustavson, Helmer (1983). "A Vendel warrior from Vallentuna". In Lamm, Jan Peder & Nordstrom, Hans-Åke (eds.). Vendel Period Studies: transactions of the...
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Runestone (category Vendel Period)
about 50 runestones from the Migration Period in Scandinavia. Most runestones were erected during the period 950–1100 CE, and then they were mostly raised...
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underlying European folklore developed during the medieval period. From the early modern period, werewolf beliefs spread to the New World with colonialism...
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Germanic peoples (section Roman Imperial Period to 375)
King Cenwulf. Few written sources report on Vendel period Scandinavia from 400 to 700, however this period saw profound societal changes and the formation...
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Runic carving (category Vendel Period)
A runic carving is defined as a runic inscription in stone or other material, according to the definitions of the Swedish National Heritage Board (Swe...
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Picture stone (category Vendel Period)
locations and purposes. The first group of picture stones was made in the period 400–600. These have a straight form and the upper part is shaped like the...
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formed a sort of mask, which suggests a close affinity with the earlier Vendel Period helmets. The Yarm helmet was discovered in the 1950s by workmen digging...
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Iron Age Scandinavia (section Periodization)
Baltic, Beyond Domestication in Prehistoric Europe Media related to Nordic Iron Age at Wikimedia Commons The Vendel Period: The Golden Age of the Norse...
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astrolabe, a chest containing a treasure, a Byzantine coin die, a decorated Vendel period shield, a Christian relic, etc. In the Kalevala, compiler Lönnrot interpreted...
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Horned helmet (section European Migration Period)
horns. The few period helmets found thus far do not feature horns, instead coinciding with the construction of earlier Vendel Period spectacle helmets...
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Bracteate (category Migration Period)
Northern Europe predominantly during the Migration Period of the Germanic Iron Age (including the Vendel era in Sweden). Bracteate coins are also known from...
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Europe, with the exception of Northern Europe, where influences from the Vendel Period (from AD 550 to 800) and the subsequent Viking Age (until AD 1050) can...
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other war gear in Anglo-Saxon art, such as the Sutton Hoo burial, and Vendel period art. The major deity, Odin, was so commonly associated with ravens throughout...
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Its most notable feature is an arrangement of rocks, dated to the Vendel Period, in two "wings" with four large post holes. A total of 65 amulet rings...
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ISBN 0-19-283946-2 Orchard 1997, pp. 74–75. Lindow 2002, pp. 164, 212. Vendel Period Bracteates on Gotland p. 37 Bellows, Henry Adams (2012). The Poetic...
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(2023-10-01). "A 6th-8th c. wire-drawing iron plate with silver residue from a Vendel Period workshop in Old Uppsala, Sweden". Journal of Archaeological Science:...
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Grimoire. Samuel Weiser, Inc. ISBN 0-87728-685-X. Gaimster, Märit (1998). Vendel Period Bracteates on Gotland. Almqvist & Wiksell International. ISBN 91-22-01790-9...
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