Viking Britain

Course programme

Friday 18 March 2016

Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 18:15. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms.

19:00 Dinner
20:30 Vikings? Who, when and why…
22:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Saturday 19 March 2016

07:30 Breakfast
09:00 Evidence for the Viking Age in Britain
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Warfare: Raiders, conquerors and Vikings at war
12:30 Free
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Free
16:00 Tea
16:30 Economy: Towns, trade, coins and industry
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Religion: From paganism to Christianity and the Viking way of death
21:30 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Sunday 20 March 2016

07:30 Breakfast
09:00 Power: Administration, justice and kingship
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Legacy: the end of the Viking Age and its influence
12:30 Free
12:45 Lunch

The course will disperse after lunch.