Viking armband Orupgård, brons Viking - Ierse & Germaanse broches In devastated cities they are

In devastated cities they are there in abundance

This type of shield was carried all over the Roman Empire between the 1st until the 2nd century AD

The result was often close combat depending on life or death

The Cistercian monks were called 'White Monks' because of the colour of their habit

Tents like this were used until the 16th century

Viking armband Orupgård, brons Viking - Ierse & Germaanse broches In devastated cities they areThis Viking bracelet is a replica of a 10th century original excavated in Orupgrd, Denmark. Nowadays it is part of the collection of the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. Wide bracelets like this were worn all over the Viking world. They are i. a. excavated in Dorestad, Wieringen and Dublin.