[Regia-NA] Viking living history groups in Iceland

[William R. Short]

I've just returned from Iceland, where I was promoting my new book. I met 
with members of both of the Viking living history groups there who are 
doing combat.  They're doing some interesting work.  Einherjar, based in 
Reykjavík, plans to meet with the king of Norway to ask for a pardon for 
Grettir Ásmundarson for his crimes in Norway 1000 years ago.
http://www.einherjar.is/

Neither of the groups were very familiar with historical martial arts like 
we practice at Hurstwic, so there was some insightful discussion and 
demonstrations.

There's also some pre-production planning for at least two Viking-age 
feature films to be shot in Iceland, one of which was just announced:
http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16567&ew_0_a_id=313169

(Shameless book plug here.)  While in Iceland, I did several lectures for 
my book, _Viking Weapons and Combat Techniques_, and several press 
interviews.  The book is available for preorder from your favorite 
bookseller, and should be released in November.  More information about the 
book and its contents is here:
http://www.williamrshort.com/vik_wpn/

Best regards,
Bill