Profs & Pints DC: The Vikings of Legend

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Vikings of Legend," with Jill Fitzgerald, associate professor of English at the United States Naval Academy and scholar of medieval literature including Viking myths and sagas.

Vikings are getting a lot of attention these days thanks to contemporary portrayals of them in popular movies and television shows such as The Northman, Vikings: Valhalla, and The Last Kingdom. But who were the Vikings, really?

Learn surprising things about the medieval world and the Vikings who lived and moved in it with the help of Dr. Jill Fitzgerald, who teaches courses on medieval languages and literature at the U.S. Naval Academy.

To enhance our understanding of Vikings she’ll discuss the stories passed down through medieval Iceland sagas of three famous ones:

While Hollywood portrays Vikings as very social creatures, Grettir Ármundson existed as an infamous outlaw and eventually became exiled to the extreme fringe of the…