Viking

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Dr Ben Raffield explains how in the ninth and tenth centuries, Scandinavian laws and customs prevailed across a swathe of what’s now northern and eastern England. (Image by Getty Images)

The Danelaw: a Viking kingdom in England? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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HEXA Viking WK2 Leads CatJarman_VL_Video

Cat Jarman History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Viking women gathered outside a home - illustration

What was life like for Viking women?

Science is helping to reveal new information about life in the Viking Age

Vikings under the microscope: what can science tell us about Viking life?

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Gordon Campbell reveals how the Vikings made epic voyages of discovery across the Atlantic a millennium ago. (Image by Getty Images)

Vikings in North America . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dr Cat Jarman explores the far-reaching trading networks of the Vikings, from the Baltic sea to Asia

The Vikings’ global connections . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From Thor to Odin, Carolyne Larrington discusses the legendary figures of Viking mythology. (Image by Getty Images)

A guide to the Norse gods . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Statue of Leif Erikson (Leifur Erikssonn) in front of Eric the Red's home. (Photo by Draper White, Getty Images)

Leif Erikson’s voyage to Vinland

Alexander Ludwig as Bjorn Ironside, son Ragnar Lothbrok and king of Kattegat

Vikings Season 6: plot recap, plus 8 historical questions answered

Alex Hogh Andersen as Ivar the Boneless

The real Vikings: the early medieval world behind the hit drama

Monument to Prince Vladimir the Great in Moscow

Q&A Who were the Kievan Rus and what do they have to do with the Vikings?

Vahalla is depicted as a round-topped building in this funerary stone from 8th-century Sweden

Valhalla: fighting and feasting in the Viking warrior afterlife

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A helmet from a chieftain's grave in 10th-century Norway. (Images by Getty)

Inside the Viking mind: the view of the Vikings’ world from 5 perspectives . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Howard Williams talks about the ethics of excavation on the HistoryExtra podcast.

Viking warrior women & the ethics of excavating the dead . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A portrait of Cnut holding a sceptre. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cnut: the great Dane . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.