The Viking Age Reference Guide

Our own drawings and a plain, sourced account of the Viking Age: when it was (and why good sources disagree), longships and the Gokstad ship, England from Lindisfarne to Stamford Bridge, Iceland, Greenland and L’Anse aux Meadows, daily life, and Vikings on the Isle of Man.

What’s inside:

- When was the Viking Age?

- Ships and the Gokstad ship

- England: raids, the Danelaw, Cnut and 1066

- Across the sea to Vinland

- Life, runes and belief

- The Isle of Man and Tynwald

- The helmet myth

- Credits, licence and sources

Pages: 13 (A4) / 15 (US Letter). Formats: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Most inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; the cover is dark, so print that in colour or skip it to save ink.

Every fact is written in our own words and checked against named sources from the National Museum of Denmark, English Heritage, the British Museum, UNESCO, Parks Canada, Manx National Heritage, the Museum of the Viking Age, Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Department for Education (checked 14 Nov 2026); the sources are listed on the credits page. Where sources give different figures or dates, each is shown with its source.

Price: $5.99 USD.