Conference : A Viking in the Sun: Harald Hardrada as Best Documented "Viking" Visitor to the Mediterranean

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Conference : A Viking in the Sun: Harald Hardrada as Best Documented

Speakers: Gianluca Raccagni, Bergur Thorgeirsson
Moderator: Olof Heilo
Date: 16 October, Thursday
Time: 17:00
Location: ANAMED Auditorium

The digital exhibition Nordic Tales, Byzantine Paths, a collaboration of GABAM and SRII, gets an extension! In a new section written by Gianluca Raccagni, you can read about the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada, who served in the Varangian Guard at the Byzantine court in 1034—1042. In this panel, you can hear Gianluca Raccagni, and Bergur Thorgeirsson discuss the remarkable legacy of this "Viking in the Sun".