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Bookmark or Share- DNA Identifies Medieval Man Thrown Down a Well, Confirming a Norse Saga ...The Sverris saga, a quasi-fictional historical account from the end of the 12th century CE, recaps the reign of the medieval Norwegian king Sverre Sigurdsson.One of the best-known passages ...
- 'Well-man' thrown from castle identified from 800-year-old Norse sagaA passage in the Norse Sverris Saga, the 800-year-old story of King Sverre Sigurdsson, describes a military raid that occurred in AD 1197, during which a body was thrown into a well at Sverresborg ...
- The skeleton in the well was first discovered in 1938King Sverre called the castle Sion, most likely after the Christian notion of Sion as the heavenly Jerusalem. The Bagli Party or Bagler (Old Norse: Baglarr) was a faction or party during the Norwegian Civil Wars. The Bagler faction was made up principally of the Norwegian aristocracy, clergy and merchants. The name “Bagler” is connected to ...
- That 800-Year-Old Corpse in the Well? Early Biological Warfare.In the dying days of the 12th century, with Norway in the grip of civil wars, the Baglers, a faction aligned with the archbishop, laid siege to Sverresborg, the castle stronghold of King Sverre ...
- Skeletal remains of ‘Well-man’ linked to centuries-old Norse text - CNNThe Sverris saga is a window into the ambitious rise of King Sverre, who lived from 1152 to 1202 and reigned over Norway during the second half of the 12th century. The text includes revelations ...
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