An Anatomy of the Blood Eagle: The Practicalities of Viking Torture
(2022)
Journal Article
Murphy, L. J., Fuller, H. R., Willan, P. L., & Gates, M. (2022). An Anatomy of the Blood Eagle: The Practicalities of Viking Torture. Speculum, 1-39. https://doi.org/10.1086/717332
The infamous blood eagle ritual has long been controversial: did Viking-Age Nordic people really torture one another to death by severing their ribs from their spine and removing their lungs, or is it all a misunderstanding of some complicated poetry... Read More about An Anatomy of the Blood Eagle: The Practicalities of Viking Torture.