Mitch’s Wargaming and Model Making Site has a mini series on making a Saxon house.
Dark Ages
A History of Sword Making
Here’s an interesting article on the history of sword making.
Scratch Building A Viking A- Frame House
The Command Tent has a nice post on how to scratch build a viking A frame house. I’m going to build a couple of these for my Viking/Saxon/Norman games.
The Historical Age of Arthur
The Dark Age Wargaming Blog has a nice (long) article (in multiple parts) on the historical Age of Arthur. Doing an historical Arthur skirmish game has been one of my longtime goals.
Viking Flags
The Man Cave has a couple of printable Viking flags.