The event known as the Reformation forced age-old religious establishments in Europe to re-examine the ways that they connected with their bases, and in the case of the Catholic Church, split a...

Even though their reign lasted but a few centuries, the Vikings left a lasting mark on history. They have been portrayed (sometimes unfairly) as ultra-violent people with a penchant for targeting...

Many visitors to Norway, or people who see pictures of the Scandinavian country online or on television, notice something interesting about the houses: a lot of them are painted red. But...

Although Vikings are among the most recognizable and celebrated figures from any period in history, much remains unknown about them. Questions about how they lived are unanswered to this day, and...

Among the world's belief systems, Norse and Greek mythologies may rank as the two with the most fascinating and legendary figures. The Norse people worshipped deities like the omnipotent all-father...

For centuries, seafaring Scandinavians told tales of a fearsome beast that lived in the depths of the seas of Northern Europe. Its body was immense, and its serpentine arms were so long that they...