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	Holmgang Tournament - MiddleWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A holmgang tournament is a type of armored combat tournament fought within a confined space.
		Holmgangs are not uncommon in areas where the available fighting space is too small for other options.
		Many kingdoms structure holmgang tournaments as a variant of a bear-pit tournament though tree tournaments with single- and double-elimination structures are equally as common.
	www.midrealm.org /wiki/index.php/Holmgang_Tournament (83 words)

	Holmgang - It's Use, Abuse, and Fictionalization.
		In legal usage, the third most common reason after honor and legal redress for a challenge to a holmgang would be an instance where one aids a family member or a close friend.
		Holmgang was often a test of moral issues, but it was always decided by physical means.
		In one saga, King Olaf Tryggvason diverts a supporter from fighting a holmgang after it is revealed that the man's opponent had appealed to God to grant victory to the combatant with the most just cause.
	www.stavacademy.co.uk /mimir/holmgang.htm (4783 words)

	Rune - An Epic Battle From Human Head Studios
		The Vikings had a strict code of rules for the "Holmgang" which literally means "going on an island," and was done on a small one whenever possible.
		The Holmgang rules were this: A cloak 10 foot square was pegged down at the corners with three more squares marked out a foot from each other around this.
		The modern view of the Vikings is as being constant heroes or at least dying a heroic death; or of an aristocratic society with Jarls and Kings with loyal bands of warriors, controlled by the rights and duties that lord and man owed to each other.
	www.runegame.com /myth.php?loc=Historic+Raids+and+Battles (1467 words)

	Martwy Zmierzch - interviews - Angantyr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Angantyr, Holmgang, Taagefolket, Zahrim - all these bands are connected with a person of Ynleborgaz who is involved in all of them.
		Holmgang is rather more into paganism and heathenism.
		Holmgang is an old Nordic word for duel.
	www.mz.art.pl /interviews/angantyr.htm (843 words)

	Amazon.com: Holmgang: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Holmgang by Sjur Bygd (Unknown Binding - 1976)
		A holmgang, literally `going to an island', was a single combat which...
		He would have challenged Rolf to the holm, but holmgangs and all duels were forbidden by the Earl.
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Holmgang&tag=httpexplaguid-20&index=books&link_code=qs&page=1 (820 words)

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		There seems to be little need for an excuse to hold a holmgang; often fighters will round up a marshal or two and hold one on the spur of the moment.
		What I have described, of course, is the holmgang as an An Tirian SCA tournament form: I agree with Arval that one probably can't make the holmgang fit into a period tournament format.
		The holmgang hasn't anything to do with actual tourney forms, and would be an unhistorical addition; I don't see that it offers a great enough benefit to offset this.
	www.florilegium.org /files/SCA-EVENT-PLANNING/event-ideas-msg.text (6065 words)

	Martwy Zmierzch - reviews - Holmgang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Holmgang is a four - person fl metal horde from Denmark with Ynleborgaz (from Angantyr) on the drums.
		Same as Angantyr Holmgang plays raw yet sometimes melodic fl metal in middle and fast tempo with some epic touches.
		Tracklist: // I vinterens favn / Blot / Mundilsfari / Forladt af lyset / I svobe af blod / Pesten / Holmgang / Runens advarsel //
	www.mz.art.pl /reviews/holmgang_runens.htm (159 words)

	Mental Health Concerns for Behavioral Minorities
		The idea of making it legal for adolescent males to wander the countryside killing adult males and taking their women does not appeal to me. It may have worked for a society where ulfhednar represented a significant percentage of the population and the behavior was governed by natural instincts and thus naturally limited.
		So, the law of the holmgang provides compelling evidence, by the fact of its existence that this was at one time a form of reproductive behavior governed by instinct, instinctively limited, and common enough that society recognized and accepted it as morally correct behavior.
		I do not believe that a reasonable person can doubt the existence of behavioral genotypes, or fail to be disturbed by the fact that they are slowly being exterminated for no reason than the fact that they are different.
	rivendell.fortunecity.com /perilith/919/bio/Menhlth.htm (5051 words)

	Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga eBook
		It was considered a scandal in the land that pirates and berserks should be able to come into the country and challenge respectable people to the holmgang for their money or their women, no weregild being paid whichever fell.
		For this reason jarl Eirik abolished all holmgang in Norway and declared all robbers and berserks who disturbed the peace outlaws.
		Thorfinn the son of Kar of Haramarsey, being a man of wise counsel and a close friend of the jarl, was present at the meeting.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/347/26.html (499 words)

	"Holmgang" er av og for - og ganske ofte med - idioter - antibiomatika
		Abid Q. Raja, advokatfullmektig og muslim, skriver i dag et åpent brev til Kåre Valebrokk om det vilt populistiske TV2-programmet Holmgang.
		Abid: Jeg regner med at selv om 97% av Holmgang-seerne lar seg lure av det populistiske oppgulpet til Oddvar Stenstrøm, så vet du at det heldigvis ikke gjelder 97% av den norske befolkning.
		Det er ikke åpent for å legge til flere kommentarer.
	antibiomatika.net /arkiv/2004/11/holmgang (118 words)

	HOLMGANG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Holmgang was formed in 2001 by Sorg, Vale and Ynleborgaz
		Was recorded in the Torture chamber of Holmgang.
		Material for a full-length was quickly written, and after a few live-shows in Copenhagen we once again set up for recording in the Torture Chamber.
	www.holmgang.net /BIO.html (116 words)

	Atlantian Minister of the List - Handbook - Part 2 - VI. Types of Tournaments
		A variant of the bear pit is a "Holmgang." The word "holmganga" in Norse literally meant "go to a small island." It referred to a trial of combat used to settle legal disputes or to defend one's honor.
		The Marshals must maintain tight control because there is a tendency for fighters to use their shields as leverage and fights can quickly degenerate into shoving matches.
		Holmgangs are rarely fought in Atlantia, unless the available fighting space is too small for other options.
	mol.atlantia.sca.org /Handbook/Types.html (6730 words)

	Mediert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Holmgang trakk trådene tilbake til norrøn tid, da vikinger som ikke lenger greide å løse sine feider oralt, støtte sammen på holmer og skjær, til skjebnekamp med sverd.
		Men i TV 2s Holmgang var det makta som skulle til pers, og programmet skulle være for folket.
		Det var i slutten av november 1992, og programleder Nils Gunnar Lie hadde ”tatt med seg” Holmgang nærmere folket, til lokalmiljøet.
	www.media.uio.no /mediert/artikler/2004/2004nr1/2004nr1s28.html (879 words)

	The Viking's World-Kormak's Saga
		Bersi lived in the land of Saurbae, a rich man and a good fellow: he was well to the fore, a fighter, and a champion at the holmgang.
		He had been married to Finna the Fair: but she was dead: Asmund was their son, young in years and early ripe.
		She said that Cormac forbade her staying in Midfiord: so Bersi bought land for her west of the firth, and she lived there for a long time afterwards.
	viking.thetroubleshooters.com /Kormak0007.html (864 words)

	Northvegr - Viga-Glum's Saga
		When I first read the account of Hallvard’s trial in Chapter xviii, in my ignorance of Icelandic law, I conceived it to be a case of acquittal by “compurgators,” as in our old “Wager of Law.” I soon found, however, that this view was entirely erroneous.
		In the first place the cases provided for by the Fifth Court in which legal proceedings would previously have been brought to a dead lock, were only a portion, and a small portion, of those in which the Holmgang might naturally be resorted to.
		In the second place, moreover, we learn that it was in like manner abolished in Norway, in 1012, by Eric, the son of Hakon, without any such supplementary court being instituted to supply its place.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/vigaglum/notes002.php (1134 words)

	Midwinter Feast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		To enter the contest compose a verse in the norse Drottkvaet form (click here for information on Drottkvaet), or a poetic style of your culture (be prepared to explain the form).
		Combat is the Holmgang to first wound (or combatant out of the square).
		Wounds to any part of the body will be counted as loss, but wounding an opponent at knee and below also looses the round.
	www.currentmiddleages.org /ulfredsheim/feast.html (389 words)

	Holmgang - Wikipedia
		Holmgang var ei form for tvekamp brukt i norrøn tid som gjekk føre seg på ein holme, eit skjær eller ein annan avgrensa stad.
		Ein kunne òg overgjeva seg, men dette blei rekna som eit tap av ære.
		Holmgang blei avskaffa som dom etter at kristendommen blei innført i Noreg i mellomalderen.
	nn.wikipedia.org /wiki/Holmgang (73 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The sound on the demo is also good and fitting, dry and organic with some punch and power behind the musicians' performances.
		The band should as we speak be in the middle of recording new material together with producer Ynleborgaz of Angangtyr and Holmgang.
		It is going to be interesting to hear after this release, I know I am keen on hearing new material from Monomania and to follow their rise to power.
	www.nocturnalhorde.com /index.php?mact=Review,cntnt01,print,0&cntnt01articleid=215&cntnt01showtemplate=false&cntnt01returnid=19 (338 words)

	EINHERJER \| Rockdetector
		EINHERJER put in their inaugural gig on 11th March 1994 as opening act for ENSLAVED's 'Vikingligr Veldi' album release party.
		The band recorded a track entitled 'Holmgang' for use on a proposed compilation album that same year.
		However, the album never materialised and 'Holmgang', or parts of it, were re-used in subsequent tracks 'Fimbul Winter' and 'Conqueror'.
	www.rockdetector.com /artist,2872.sm (222 words)

	The Rock \| Kalender : Horned Almighty + Holmgang + Wolfslair Entré 55,-
		Horned Almighty + Holmgang + Wolfslair Entré 55,-
		Danske Holmgang blev dannet i 2001 og spiller en viking-inspireret variant af fl metal.
		Holmgang udgav i 2003 debut-albummet 'Runens Advarsel', og er snart aktuelle med opfølgeren 'Gengangerens Kvad'.
	www.the-rock.dk /site/calendar_element.php?id=308 (253 words)

	Heathen Harvest - Reviews: Barditus - Die Letzten Goten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		“Die Letzten Goten” begins with the introductory track titled “Holmgang.” “Holmgang” begins with a strong classical string arrangement and audacious horns that blare forth a triumphant tune.
		Drums join in briefly and a male choir element is injected while though the strings remain the focus of the song.
		“Holmgang” arouses the spirit with feelings of drama and immediacy that presses upon the listener igniting the emotions.
	www.heathenharvest.com /article.php?story=20050428135104774 (1357 words)

	Northvegr - Kormak's Saga
		It was the law of the holmgang that the hide should be five ells long, with loops at its corners.
		Folk asked how the holmgang had gone, and when he told them they said that two bold men had struck small blows, and he had gained the victory only through Cormac's mishap.
		After that, Cormac went one day to Reykir and talked with Skeggi, who said the holmgang had been brought to scorn.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/kormak/005.php (1483 words)

	The Mediadrome - Poetry - Summer 1969 (Seamus Heaney)
		In the next room His nightmares, grafted to the palace wall - Dark cyclones, hosting, breaking: Saturn Jewelled in the blood of his own children, Gigantic Chaos turning his brute hips Over the world.
		Also, that holmgang Where two berserks club each other to death For honour's sake, greaved in a bog, and sinking.
		He painted with his fists and elbows, flourished The stained cape of his heart as history charged.
	www.themediadrome.com /content/poetry/heaney_summer_1969.htm (254 words)

	Suggestions and Ideas
		Whatever the issue of the Holmgang was, the victors viewpoint shall be considered the "correct" view for the entire company regardless of personal feelings to the contrary by individual players.
		Since I assume that the honor of the Eregard and Durmalgishmen depends on raw might and strenght, being a northern folk and all.
		But it was not really required of a Holmgang to be on an island, but it was favored!
	www.strolen.com /guild/index.php?topic=1270.msg21740 (996 words)

	Muslimsk holmgang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At han og Islamsk Råd har brukt dagene etter "Holmgang" til å sverge lojalitet til norsk lov, har ikke slukket flammene.
		Medisinerstudent Mohammad Usman Rana så "Holmgang" hjemme hos foreldrene i Tønsberg.
		En stor del norske muslimer, et flertall med pakistansk opprinnelse, ser ikke "Holmgang".
	www.aftenposten.no /nyheter/iriks/article920592.ece (1075 words)

	St. Patrick's Day Tourney, Barony of Calafia, AS IX
		“The team fighting was called "Holmgang" (sp) which purportedly was a tournament style where we were fighting on a boat.
		So four men, two, each with a weapon and two, each with a shield faced off against each other in a relatively small enclosed space.
		I think the rules were changed for subsequent Holmgang Tourneys, so it would be less of a wrestling with shields contest, but it was a lot of fun and an interesting change from the standard single elimination lists of the time.” – Robear du Bois
	home.earthlink.net /~caidan.history/St.Patrick-Calafia.ASIX.html (687 words)

	Chapter IV
		who was called Asgaut, had challenged him to the "holmgang," because he had refused to give him his sister, and he asked them to escort him to the field with a large number of men, so that the pirate might not seize on his property.
		They were probably such a nuisance to society that anything was thought fair against them.
		The "Holmgang" was so called because the parties used often to fight in a "holm," or small island.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/vig/vig07.htm (659 words)

	When did the "classical" fencing movement begin? - Page 3 - Fencing.Net Discussion
		The whole concept of a convention is unrealistic in a duel.
		Both the Norse holmgang and later medieval judicial duels were sometimes conducted using traded blows...which is certainly a sort of ROW convention.
		It is currently somewhat incomplete by most standards, as legitimate western empty-hand combat systems are a little hard to come by.
	www.fencing.net /forums/thread18182-3.html (4364 words)

	Events \| Recreationist Battles in Washington \| Ragnaroc
		The Fenris dagger tournament is to be held as a holmgang at the "battle ring".
		The tournament will be daggers only and grappling shall be allowed.
		If you want to host an event, please e-mail us.
	www.ragnaroc.org /events_fenris_dagger.html (197 words)

	RuneGame.com Forums - Map? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I think I called it Holmgang or something..
		Search for Holmgang or Harald Hardbalne at whatever map sites that's around nowadays..
		It's much cleaner than Holmgang, and it's got it's own weapons too
	www.runegame.com /vbf/showthread.php?t=20435 (170 words)

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