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The Roman Baudobriga The Villa at Wachenheim Neolithicum and Bronze Age Neolithic Burials Neolithic Burials in the Everstorf Forest and Rugia The Necropolis of Oldendorf Bronze Age Bronze and Iron Age Remains at the Werra Museums and Reconstructed Sites Palatine Seat Tilleda The Defenses Viking Settlement Haithabu The Nydam Ship Open Air Museums European Bread Museum, Ebergötzen Open Air Museum Oerlinghausen Post-Mediaeval Exhibits Historical Guns, Coburg Fortress Vintage Car Museum, Wolfsburg England Towns Chester Roman and Medieaval Chester Hexham The Abbey - Introduction The Old Gaol York Clifford Tower The Guild Hall Monk Bar Gate with Richard III Museum Museum Gardens Houses in the Old Town York Minster: Architecture Castles Carlisle History Richmond Conquest to King John Henry III to the Tudors Architecture Scarborough Romans to the Tudors Civil War to the Present Architecture Roman Remains Eboracum / York Roman Bath in the Fortress Wall Fort Birdoswald The Dark Age Timber Halls Wall Fort Segedunum Museum and Viewing Tower The Baths Other Roman Sites The Mithraeum at Brocolita The Signal Station at Scarborough Scotland Towns Edinburgh Views from the Castle Stirling The Wallace Monument Castles Doune A Virtual Tour History: The Early Stewart Kings History: Royal Dower House Duart Castle Guarding the Sound of Mull Dunollie Photo Impressions Dunstaffnage An Ancient MacDougall Stronghold The Wars of Independence The Campbells Are Coming Dunstaffnage Chapel Kilchurn Photo Impressions Stirling Robert the Bruce Abbeys and Churches Inchcolm Abbey Arriving at Inchcolm Neolithicum and Bronze Age Neolithic Orkney Ring of Brodgar Skara Brae Brochs and Cairns Clava Cairns The Brochs of Gurness and Midhowe - Introduction Picts and Dalriatans Dunadd Hill Fort Staffa Wales Towns Aberystwyth Castle and Coast Caerleon The Ffwrwm The Roman Amphitheatre The Baths in the Legionary Fort Conwy The Smallest House in Great Britain Castles Beaumaris History Architecture Caernarfon Master James of St.George The Castle Kitchens Cardiff From Romans to Victorians Chepstow Beginnings unto Bigod Edward II to the Tudors Civil War Conwy History Architecture Criccieth Llywelyn's Buildings King Edward's Buildings Manorbier The Pleasantest Spot in Wales Pembroke Photo Impressions The Caves Under the Castle Roman Remains Isca Silurum / Caerleon The Amphitheatre The Baths in the Legionary Fort Denmark Museums and Reconstructed Sites Viking Museum Roskilde To come Norway Castles and Fortresses Akershus Fortress in Oslo Kings and Pirates The Time of King Håkon V Architecture Vardøhus Fortress History Museums / Reconstructed Sites The Fram Museum in Oslo Sweden Neolithicum and Bronze Age Gotland Gnisvärd Ship Setting Museums and Reconstructed Sites The Vasa Museum in Stockholm Finland Towns Porvoo Mediaeval Porvoo Estonia Towns Tallinn The History of Mediaeval Tallinn Latvia Towns Riga The History of Mediaeval Riga Lithuania Towns Nida To come Poland Towns Gdańsk / Danzig History of Mediaeval Gdańsk Mediaeval and Renaissance Gdańsk Kraków The Old Town Jewish Kraków - 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With Castles Views of Snowdownia Wildlife Sea Gulls Scandinavia The Hurtigruten-Tour / Norway A Voyage into Winter Along the Coast of Norway - Light and Darkness Along the Coast of Norway - North of the Polar Circle Norway by Train From Oslo to Bergen From Trondheim to Oslo Wildlife Bearded Seals Dog Sledding With Huskies Eagles and Gulls in the Trollfjord The Baltic Sea A Baltic Sea Cruise The Curonian Spit in Lithuania Beaches at the Curonian Spit Geology of the Curonian Spit

HISTORY Mediaeval History General Essays by Country - Germany - England - Scotland - Wales - Denmark - Norway - Sweden - Livonia - Lithuania - Poland - Bohemia Roman History The Romans at War Roman Life and Religion Other Times Geology Neolithicum to Iron Age Post-Mediaeval History History and Literature Mediaeval History General Essays Mediaeval Art and Craft Mediaeval Art The Choir Screen in the Cathedral of Mainz The Gospels of Heinrich the Lion The Hunting Frieze in Königslutter Cathedral Mediaeval Monster Carvings The Viking Treasure of Hiddensee Medieaval Craftmanship Goldsmithery Medical Instruments Mediaeval Warfare Mediaeval Weapons Swords Trebuchets Castles and Fortifications Dungeons and Oubliettes Feudalism The History of Feudalism The Beginnings Feudalism in the 10th Century Privileges and Special Relationships The Privilege of the deditio A Note on handgenginn maðr The Hanseatic League The History of the Hanseatic League Introduction and Beginnings Hanseatic Architecture Examples of Brick Architecture Hall Houses (Dielenhäuser) Goods and Trade Stockfish Trade Towns of the Hanseatic League Riga Stralsund Tallinn / Reval The Order of the Teutonic Knights Wars and Battles The Conquest of Danzig The Siege of Vilnius 1390 The Vikings Viking Ships The Nydam Ship Essays by Country Germany Geneaology List of Mediaeval German Emperors Anglo-German Marriage Connections Kings and Emperors The Salian Dynasty King Heinrich IV The Staufen Dynasty A Welfen Intermezzo: Emperor Otto IV Princes and Lords House Welfen Heinrich the Lion's Ancestors The Dukes of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen Otto the Quarrelsome of Braunschweig-Göttingen The Landgraves of Thuringia The Ludowing Landgraves of Thuringia Albrecht II and Friedrich I of Thuringia Dukes and Princes of other Families Duke Otto of Northeim Prince Wilhelm Malte of Putbus Counts and Local Lords The Marshals of Ebersburg The Counts of Everstein The Counts of Hohnstein The Lords of Plesse The Counts of Reichenbach The Counts of Winzenburg Feuds and Rebellions Royal Troubles Otto IV and Bishop Adalbert II of Magdeburg Local Feuds The Lüneburg Succession War The Thuringian Succession War The Star Wars England Kings of England House Plantagenet Richard Lionheart in Speyer King Henry IV's Lithuanian Crusade Normans, Britons, Angevins Great Noble Houses The Dukes of Brittany The Earls of Richmond Contested Borders Northumbria King Stephen's Troubles with King David of Scots Scotland Kings of Scots House Dunkeld Malcolm III and Northumbria Struggle for the Throne: Malcolm III to David I King David and the Civil War, Part 1 King David and the Civil War, Part 2 Houses Bruce and Stewart The Early Stewart Kings Local Troubles Clan Feuds MacLeans and MacDonalds A Scottish Wedding Scotland and England The Wars of Independence Alexander of Argyll The Fight for Stirling Castle Wales Welsh Princes The Princes of Gwynedd The Rise of House Aberffraw Wales and England A History of Rebellion Llywellyn ap Gruffudd to Owain Glyn Dŵr Denmark Kings of Denmark House of Knýtlinga Harald Bluetooth's Flight to Pomerania Danish Rule in the Baltic Sea The Duchy of Estonia Danish Kings and German Sword Brothers Norway Kings of Norway Foreign Relations King Eirik's Scottish Marriages King Håkon V's Swedish Politics Beginnings of the Kalmar Union Feuds and Rebellions Rebels Alv Erlingsson of Tønsberg Sweden Troubles and Alliances Scandinavian Unity Beginnings of the Kalmar Union Livonia (Latvia and Estonia) Contested Territories Livonian Towns The History of Mediaeval Riga The History of Mediaeval Tallinn Lithuania Lithuanian Princes The Geminid Dynasty Troublesome Cousins - Jogaila and Vytautas The Northern Crusades The Wars in Lithuania The Siege of Vilnius 1390 Poland Royal Dynasties The Jagiełłonian Kings Władysław Jagiełło and the Polish-Lithuanian Union The Northern Crusades The Conquest of Pomerania / Prussia The Conquest of Danzig Bohemia Royal Dynasties The Bohemian Kings of House Luxembourg King Sigismund and the Hussite Wars Roman History The Romans at War Forts and Fortifications The German Limes The Cavalry Fort Aalen Limes Fort Osterburken Limes Fort Saalburg The Hadrian's Wall Introduction The Fort at Segedunum / Wallsend Border Life Exercise Halls Mile Castles and Watch Towers Soldiers' Living Quarters Cavalry Barracks Campaigns and Battles Maps The Romans in Germania The Pre-Varus Invasion in Germania Roman Camp Hedemünden New Finds in 2008 The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest Museum Park at Kalkriese The Battle at the Harzhorn Introduction The Batavian Rebellion A Short Introduction Miscellaneous Events The Legend of Alaric's Burial Roman Militaria Armour Early Imperial Helmets Late Roman Helmets The Negau B Helmet Weapons Weapon Finds at Hedemünden The pilum Daggers Swords Other Equipment Roman Saddles Roman Life and Religion Religion and Public Life Religion Curse Tablets and Good Luck Charms Isis Worship Memorial Stones The Mithras Cult Public Life Roman Transport: Barges Roman Transport: Amphorae and Barrels Roman Water Supply Architecture Roman Public Baths Domestic Life Roman villae Villa Urbana Longuich Villa Rustica Wachenheim Everyday Life Bathing Habits Children's Toys Face Pots Other Times Geology Geological Landscapes - Germany Baltic Sea Coast Chalk Cliffs on Rugia Flint Fields on Rugia Harz Mountains Bode Valley and Rosstrappe Cliff The 'Hübichenstein' Rock Karst Formations in the Southern Harz The Lonau Falls The Rhume Springs Sandstone Formations: Daneil's Cave Sandstone Formations: Devil's Wall Sandstone Formations: The Klus Rock Meissner / Kaufunger Wald Blue Dome near Eschwege Diabase and Basalt Formations Karst Formations Salt Springs at the Werra Solling-Vogler Raised Bog Mecklenbruch Hannover Cliffs Geological Landscapes - Great Britain The Shores of Scotland Staffa Geological Landscapes - The Baltic Sea Lithuania Geology of the Curonian Spit Fossils and Other Odd Rocks Fossilized Ammonites The Loket Meteorite Neolithicum to Iron Age Germany Development of Civilisation European Bread Museum, Ebergötzen The Hutewald Project in the Solling Open Air Museum Oerlinghausen Neolithic Remains Stone Burials of the Funnelbeaker Culture The Necropolis of Oldendorf Bronze Age / Iron Age The Nydam Ship Scotland Neolithic Orkney The Neolithic Landscape of Orkney Ring of Brodgar Skara Brae Life in Skara Brae Bronze Age / Iron Age Clava Cairns The Brochs of Gurness and Midhowe - Their Function in Iron Age Society Scandinavia Bronze / Iron Age The Ship Setting of Gnisvärd / Gotland Post-Mediaeval History Explorers and Discoveries Explorers Fram Expedition to the North Pole Fram Expedition to the South Pole Discoveries Otto von Guericke and the Magdeburg Hemispheres Raising a Wreck, Now and Then (Vasa Museum in Stockholm) History and Literature Germany The Weimar Classicism Introduction <$BlogArchiveName$> /