10th century Norseman dressing for battle

To recreate an outfit of a late 10th century Norseman or Viking is not easy due to few and incomplete sources. We have tried to make an honest attempt based on archaeological findings and available historical texts, as well as information systematized in the book Vikings at war by Hjardar and Vike and Nille Glæsels book Viking dress, garment and clothing . Some viewers will surely react to the use a mail coif instead of an aventail attached to the helmet and the use of Norman swords in the initial fight. Since we are at the end of the 10th century, we have taken this liberty. Some viewers will certainly also have opinions about bands, fittings and other details, but this is always the case when trying to recreate something that is over a thousand years old. What you see here is far more historically correct than what you see in movies and TV shows set to the Viking Age (7931066).