Irina Manea
@shieldofskuld.bsky.social
Viking historian navigating the seas between precarious academia and public engagement. Uni Signum | Uni Chester
My study “The Monstrous agency: the social life of the Icelandic restless dead” has been published!
First academic article in four years sadly, perhaps one of the reasons I like these Icelandic characters so much, very much feeling like a revenant myself. periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/sc...
First academic article in four years sadly, perhaps one of the reasons I like these Icelandic characters so much, very much feeling like a revenant myself. periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/sc...
periodicos.ufpb.br
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My study “The Monstrous agency: the social life of the Icelandic restless dead” has been published!
First academic article in four years sadly, perhaps one of the reasons I like these Icelandic characters so much, very much feeling like a revenant myself. periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/sc...
First academic article in four years sadly, perhaps one of the reasons I like these Icelandic characters so much, very much feeling like a revenant myself. periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/sc...
Portuguese event about the reception of Old Norse literature, organized by Nucleo de Estudos Vikings e Escandinavos (Paraiba, Brazil)! The topic of my PhD (Norse myth in extreme metal) has gotten a second life in a way, although today I feel quite disconnected from it.
November 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Portuguese event about the reception of Old Norse literature, organized by Nucleo de Estudos Vikings e Escandinavos (Paraiba, Brazil)! The topic of my PhD (Norse myth in extreme metal) has gotten a second life in a way, although today I feel quite disconnected from it.
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We’re digital peasants. We don’t own anything, and our landlords want us toiling in the digital field. You can’t just opt out and go live like a hermit (enticing though). You depend on the banking app, the public transportation app, all kinds of apps your employer requires and so on.
November 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We’re digital peasants. We don’t own anything, and our landlords want us toiling in the digital field. You can’t just opt out and go live like a hermit (enticing though). You depend on the banking app, the public transportation app, all kinds of apps your employer requires and so on.
Substack essay shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/the-true-o... #monsters
November 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Substack essay shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/the-true-o... #monsters
Decoding ancient funerals (Halloween special) with @saveancientstudies.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/iWIu2tb...
www.youtube.com/live/iWIu2tb...
October 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Decoding ancient funerals (Halloween special) with @saveancientstudies.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/iWIu2tb...
www.youtube.com/live/iWIu2tb...
Reposted by Irina Manea
Did a new one
August 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Did a new one
Reposted by Irina Manea
Icelandic Mortuary Practices of the Viking Age www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDg4... @shieldofskuld.bsky.social
Icelandic Mortuary Practices of the Viking Age
YouTube video by Archaeodeath
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October 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Icelandic Mortuary Practices of the Viking Age www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDg4... @shieldofskuld.bsky.social
Just good business.
October 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Just good business.
Exciting stuff with @saveancientstudies.bsky.social at the Halloween Bash!
I'll be taking part in the "Banquet for the dead" panel exploring how offerings link the dead and the living and holding a masterclass on the fantastic and fantastical Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss. Let's get spooky! #medievalsky
I'll be taking part in the "Banquet for the dead" panel exploring how offerings link the dead and the living and holding a masterclass on the fantastic and fantastical Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss. Let's get spooky! #medievalsky
October 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Exciting stuff with @saveancientstudies.bsky.social at the Halloween Bash!
I'll be taking part in the "Banquet for the dead" panel exploring how offerings link the dead and the living and holding a masterclass on the fantastic and fantastical Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss. Let's get spooky! #medievalsky
I'll be taking part in the "Banquet for the dead" panel exploring how offerings link the dead and the living and holding a masterclass on the fantastic and fantastical Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss. Let's get spooky! #medievalsky
Howard @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social and I have developed a cute little series on the archaeology and history of death and burial in the Viking age. I simply love these sessions and hope more people will discover us :D #vikingsky #medievalsky youtu.be/hi2MQG6ChXM
October 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Howard @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social and I have developed a cute little series on the archaeology and history of death and burial in the Viking age. I simply love these sessions and hope more people will discover us :D #vikingsky #medievalsky youtu.be/hi2MQG6ChXM
September 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Hoping to be able to run this class in November!
If you know anyone interested in pre-Christian religions, please do share :D blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/module...
If you know anyone interested in pre-Christian religions, please do share :D blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/module...
September 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Hoping to be able to run this class in November!
If you know anyone interested in pre-Christian religions, please do share :D blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/module...
If you know anyone interested in pre-Christian religions, please do share :D blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/module...
Here's academia.edu for you, folks. Quite sure this rubbish does not comply with the European GDPR.
Gonna download all my papers and move to Knowledge Commons hcommons.org #medievalsky #academia
Gonna download all my papers and move to Knowledge Commons hcommons.org #medievalsky #academia
September 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Here's academia.edu for you, folks. Quite sure this rubbish does not comply with the European GDPR.
Gonna download all my papers and move to Knowledge Commons hcommons.org #medievalsky #academia
Gonna download all my papers and move to Knowledge Commons hcommons.org #medievalsky #academia
Had the pleasure of chatting about Viking music with Jens, a reenactor at the Ribe Viking centre who crafted some lovely pieces based on archaeological finds. #vikingsky #medievalsky youtu.be/jTrILHMjRyE
What Did Viking Music Really Sound Like?
YouTube video by Shield of Skuld
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September 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Had the pleasure of chatting about Viking music with Jens, a reenactor at the Ribe Viking centre who crafted some lovely pieces based on archaeological finds. #vikingsky #medievalsky youtu.be/jTrILHMjRyE
The marvellous objects made manifest a new elite, one that mediated between gods, ancestors, and living communities. Traditionally, they’ve been called amulets, but they may equally have served as regalia, diplomatic gifts, or even flashy status symbols. shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/stamped-fo...
Stamped for power: the golden bracteates of the North
How Roman-inspired gold pendants shaped a new political identity in the Migration Age
shieldofskuld.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The marvellous objects made manifest a new elite, one that mediated between gods, ancestors, and living communities. Traditionally, they’ve been called amulets, but they may equally have served as regalia, diplomatic gifts, or even flashy status symbols. shieldofskuld.substack.com/p/stamped-fo...
New methods such as lead isotope analysis are now being deployed to figure out where Viking age silver came from. Made an explanatory video about the results of the study done on the Bedale hoard (Yorkshire). youtu.be/UJ8nSwLZzbQ
Massive Viking Silver Hoard Reveals Far-Reaching Trade Links
YouTube video by Shield of Skuld
youtu.be
August 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New methods such as lead isotope analysis are now being deployed to figure out where Viking age silver came from. Made an explanatory video about the results of the study done on the Bedale hoard (Yorkshire). youtu.be/UJ8nSwLZzbQ
August 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Intertwined shapes, overcoming the borders of the natural.
Bronze mount from Romerike, Akershus, Norway, 800–1100
my short explanatory video about Germanic animal art: youtu.be/nR0PCsCUgPw
Bronze mount from Romerike, Akershus, Norway, 800–1100
my short explanatory video about Germanic animal art: youtu.be/nR0PCsCUgPw
August 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Intertwined shapes, overcoming the borders of the natural.
Bronze mount from Romerike, Akershus, Norway, 800–1100
my short explanatory video about Germanic animal art: youtu.be/nR0PCsCUgPw
Bronze mount from Romerike, Akershus, Norway, 800–1100
my short explanatory video about Germanic animal art: youtu.be/nR0PCsCUgPw
round and round
The Book That Went Full Circle
Literally. It’s round. It survived fire, war, and centuries of obscurity. The only circular book of its kind.
shieldofskuld.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
round and round
Reposted by Irina Manea
Very excited to announce that the recording of Prof Howard Williams' (@archaeodeathprof.bsky.social) fantastic seminar from July is now publically available. Check it out on our website at archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/seminar-reco... or on Youtube at youtu.be/r0fs6jD_c7k?....
V for Viking: TikTok, Viking Archaeology, and the Far-Right with Professor Howard Williams
YouTube video by Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation
youtu.be
August 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Very excited to announce that the recording of Prof Howard Williams' (@archaeodeathprof.bsky.social) fantastic seminar from July is now publically available. Check it out on our website at archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/seminar-reco... or on Youtube at youtu.be/r0fs6jD_c7k?....
The beauty of everyday objects: wooden bucket with bronze fittings and bronze handle, even bronze bands alternating with wavy ones, Irish design. Placed in a grave in the trading town of Birka, Swe (Bj 557)
August 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The beauty of everyday objects: wooden bucket with bronze fittings and bronze handle, even bronze bands alternating with wavy ones, Irish design. Placed in a grave in the trading town of Birka, Swe (Bj 557)
Reposted by Irina Manea
Just gonna point out how medievalism underpins this far right nostalgia #medievalsky
*bloody* hell, this entire story www.ft.com/content/0e24...
August 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Just gonna point out how medievalism underpins this far right nostalgia #medievalsky
THIS: Paws on Parchment: New Exhibition Highlights Cats in Medieval Manuscripts thewalters.org/exhibitions/...
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
August 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
THIS: Paws on Parchment: New Exhibition Highlights Cats in Medieval Manuscripts thewalters.org/exhibitions/...
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
Back on YouTube! youtu.be/cRFjL3w7-DU
What these Gold Medallions Reveal about Ancient Germanic Power
YouTube video by Shield of Skuld
youtu.be
July 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Back on YouTube! youtu.be/cRFjL3w7-DU