Vikings Of Middle England

Vikings of Middle England (also known as Tÿrslið) is a Viking re-enactment and living history group based in Leicester, UK. They portray the people who lived, travelled to and invaded Britain in the Viking-Age. The organisation once owned a scale replica Longship called Ratatosk.[1] Tÿrslið's aim is to entertain and educate an audience using a mix of drama, pageant, historical context, demonstration and audience participation.[2]

Vikings Of Middle England
Founded1991
LocationLeicester, United Kingdom
PeriodEarly Middle Ages
SpecialityViking re-enactment, living history
Number of members70–100
Websitewww.vikingsof.me

Vikings of Middle England perform at events throughout the UK, including at places of historical interest such as Rockingham Castle,[3] carnivals,[4] festivals[5] and local events,[6] and also at other visitor attractions such as Conkers.[7]

Vikings of Middle England also provide displays and resources for education, at schools and for seminars. The organisation has lent expertise[8] and kit to researchers for books,[9][10][11] websites[12] and conferences while also publishing articles on their website suitable for UK Key Stage 2 students.

Vikings of Middle England's membership is mostly based in the city of Leicester. However, some members hail from the surrounding East Midlands[13] and further afield.

Notable Members, Achievements and Performances
  • Featured in 'Dkfindout! Vikings' Published in 2018 [14]
  • Appeared in the BBC's 'From Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature' Episode 3 'Playing with Fire' (2018)
  • Named in the 'Top Ten Re-Enactments for Family' by BBC CountryFile Magazine.[15]
  • Starred in the Kerry Food's 'Walls! Bring it On Britain!' advertising campaign in 2010.[16]
  • Dr. Gareth Williams, Curator of Early Medieval Coins at the British Museum[17] is a former member.
  • The author Tim Moore spent time with Vikings Of Middle England for his book I Believe In Yesterday.
  • Performed in BBC's 'Blood of the Vikings' mini series (2001).
  • Performed in 'Weapons that Made Britain' Episode 4 Shield (Lion TV for Channel 4, 2004).
  • Performed in 'Warrior Queen — Boudica' (Indigo Films for History Channel, 2005).
  • Performed in the music video for 'Assessment' by the Beta Band.
  • Performed in 'Born of Hope' (Actors at Work Production).[18]

Reviews
  • The Mercian Revolt: The Vikings of Middle England at Rockingham Castle., Skirmish Magazine, Issue 85
  • Medieval Outlaws, Knights and Combat, Skirmish Magazine, Issue 81
gollark: Perhaps you could solve all those issues, but I think it would be much harder than solving the ones we have *now*.
gollark: I mean, some of the issues I have would be gone without market systems, yes, but you would then introduce new much bigger ones.
gollark: No, I like that one.
gollark: The problems I have with our system are more about issues we ended up with than the entire general concept of markets.
gollark: You could complain that this is due to indoctrination of some sort by... someone, and maybe this is true (EDIT: but you could probably just change that and it would be easier than reworking the entire economy). But you can quite easily see examples of people just not actually caring about hardships far away, and I think this is a thing throughout history.

References
  1. "Viking boat sets up home in garden of Hesketh Bank family"
  2. "Official Website"
  3. "Watch out for the Vikings at Rockingham Castle, Rutland & Stamford Mercury, 10th August 2011"
  4. "Viking invaders to swap longboats for narrowboats, Burton Mail, 16th March 2011"
  5. "Woodbridge Maritime Festival 2010"
  6. "'Wonderful opportunity' to unite for Our Leicester Day", Leicester Mercury, 7 September 2011
  7. "Vikings at Conkers!"
  8. "Vikings raid the Record Office!, Leicestershire Museums, 6th July 2011"
  9. "Coinage and History in the North Sea World, C. 500-1250: Essays in Honour of Marion Archibald (Northern World), Williams, G & Cook, B. Brill London 2005"
  10. "Soldier Grant, R. Kindersley Dorling 2009 London, p.330 (credits) "
  11. "History of Britain and Ireland, Grant, R. Kindersley Dorling 2011 London, p398 (credits)"
  12. "In the Footsteps of Ivarr the Boneless" by Mick Baker, drawn from the Channel 4 series and a feature by Geoffrey van Leeuwen, 30 November 2003
  13. "Town Couple are Vikings, Loughborough Echo, January 15th 2009"
  14. "Dkfindout! Vikings Steele, p Dorling Kindersley Ltd, 6 Sep 2018"
  15. Accessed April 2011
  16. "Bring it On Vikings", YouTube
  17. , Accessed 30 November 2011.
  18. "BOH Newsletter March 2009"
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