Research News - The Viking Age Compendium

May, 2020 - Started uploading photos from Aachen Cathedral Treasury
March, 2020 - Creating a new set of pages 15 Viking Graves
February, 2020 - Started uploading photos from The Museum of Cultural History in Norway
October, 2019 - Updated Sword Scabbard Chapes by comparing Androshchuk 2014 and Paulsen 1953.
August, 2018 - Axes found in Britain, Spears found in Britain, Swords found in Britain & Shields found in Britain : Added loads of new images and a few additional finds.
August, 2018 - Added a few images from Wisbech Museum in Cambridgeshire.
July, 2018 - Shrewsbury Museum : Added a new sword and spear.
April, 2018 - Round Shield Designs : Progressing this page by adding images and additional types.
April - December 2017 - Regiapædia : Spent most of 2017 creating a new wiki site for Regia Anglorum's members.
March, 2017 - Buckets & Barrels : Uploaded new images of Buckets.
February, 2017 - Ringed Pins : Uploaded new images of Ringed Pins.
January, 2017 - Catalogue of Archery Evidence : Major update including many images.

November, 2016 - Viking burials found in England: A major update, adding references and images.
October, 2016 - Round Shield Bosses and Shields found in Britain: Starting the process of cataloguing and creating a typology.
September, 2016 - Household:A new major study in progress. Buckets, Ladles, Frying pans, Skillets & Gridirons have been started so far.
August, 2016 - Museums:Added some photos from Tullie House and National Museum of Scotland.
July, 2016 - Sword Scabbards:Added museum and manuscript photos.
April, 2016 - Illuminated Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts 900-1066AD:A major update to one of our original pages. Still checking for errors and adding links to online sources.
March, 2016 - Period Photo Gallery for Regia Anglorum:To supplement the Regia Anglorum Authenticity Guide that we wrote last year
February, 2016 - Museum photos uploaded from Yorkshire Museum, Lincoln The Collection and Kings Lynn Museum
November, 2015 - Langseax and Spearheads found in Britain:Update of images from museums visits and books.
October, 2015 - Swords and Swords found in Britain:A major amount of work has been done regarding swords with still more to do....
September, 2015 - Round Shield Designs:Research so far. More images to follow.
September, 2015 - Swords:Updated and corrected the typology chart. Still need to add some typology images.
September, 2015 - Hedeby Viking Museum:Photos from our recent trip to the Museum.
August, 2015 - Bibliography: Complete reworking of citations and references - Ongoing!
July, 2015 - Bows: Updated following resent research.
July, 2015 - Stools, Benches & Chairs: Categorising types of Viking Age seating.
March, 2015 - The Battle of Hastings from Literature: A preliminary list of sources.
February, 2015 - Banners from Literature: Due to the volume of quotes we've decided to create a separate page.
January, 2015 - Banners: An overview of Banners from 800AD to 1200AD. Still a work in progress.
January, 2015 - Regia Anglorum Authenticity Guide: We've written a re-enactment guide for women, men and warriors from 793AD to 1215AD broken into 6 time periods.
Sept, 2014 - Seaxes: A first preliminary look at Anglo-Saxon war knives.
June, 2014 - Tents & Work Shelters: Looking at what period evidence we have for tents.
June, 2014 - Drinking & Blowing Horns: A quick look for Viking horn mounts
March, 2014 - Swords found in Britain: Carrying out a review and updating images and added more swords. We've also added a county index.
February, 2014 - Art by Gavin Archer: We've uploaded some more manuscript images as drawn by the authors.
Oct 12, 2013 - Manuscript Search: Updating the Manuscript pages to include a search feature that will be expanded in the future.
Sept 29, 2013 - Coats (Men): Expanded the article as part of our research into Women's coats .
Sept 22, 2013 - Mantels and Cloaks: Updated some more information on women's cloaks.
July 26, 2013 - Patterned Cloth: Added some more finds from the Netherlands.
July 20, 2013 - Socks & other foot coverings: Re organisation of our Sock page.
July 17, 2013 - Fur & Feathers‎: Initial gathering of evidence of what kinds of furs were traded and worn.
June 30, 2013 - Picture stones from the Isle of Man: Added photos from our recent visit.
June 19, 2013 - Illuminated Ottonian Manuscripts 950-1050AD: Completed the list as based on Henry Mayr-Harting's excellent book 'Ottonian Book Illumination'. Images still to add and additional manuscripts as referenced in other books.
June 8, 2013 - Axes found in Britain: Added Dane Axes to the list. Still have photos to add.
June 5, 2013 - Prudentius: Completed the list of illuminated Pschomachia manuscripts based in the list by Stettiner.
May 27, 2013 - Viking burials found in England‎: Rediscovered Graham-Campbell's article in 'Vikings and the Danelaw' and amending our article accordingly.
May 8, 2013 - Sun hats: A quick look at straw hats.
Apr 24, 2013 - Spearheads found in Britain‎: Finally converting our earlier work over to this wiki. We're also revisiting all of our sources to more fully detail the entries.
Apr 14, 2013 - Sprang‎: A quick look at Sprang after reading 'Excavation on St Patrick's Isle' where some was found.
March 30, 2013 - Log Chairs: Trying to find images to match Bo Jensen's list of Chair amulets to see if they all look like log chairs.
March 28, 2013 - Amulets: We are currently reading Bo Jensen's Viking Age Amulets in Scandinavia and Western Europe and updating our amulet pages.