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Why do we kiss under the mistletoe?
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Return of the Viking raiders
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Alice Roberts on unearthing the Romans, Vikings & Anglo-Saxons
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The trouble with viking hypermasculinity
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The Northman
How the real Viking prince Amleth inspired Shakespeare
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The Northman: bringing the Viking world to life on screen
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“You are in their world, not in ours”: How
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Anglo-Saxon
Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians: the warrior queen who crushed the Vikings
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The real Uhtred of Bebbanburg
The historical inspirations for The Last Kingdom’s hero
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The Last Kingdom
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Vikings: Valhalla
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Christians and pagans in Norse society: the real religious rifts between Vikings
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Was Freydís Eiríksdóttir a hero or a deranged murderess?
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Emma of Normandy: not just a two-time queen consort of England
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