Subscribe
Columnists
Newsletters
Historical TV and Film
Today in history
Download our app
The official website for BBC History Magazine
Search
Period
Back to
Main menu
Ancient Egypt
Roman
Viking
Anglo-Saxon
Medieval
Tudor
Elizabethan
Georgian
Victorian
Second World War
View all Periods
People
Back to
Main menu
Tutankhamun
Richard III
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria
Winston Churchill
Cleopatra
Napoleon Bonaparte
View all People
Topics
Back to
Main menu
Kings and queens
Weird and wonderful
Sex and love
Social history
Religious history
Women's history
Historical Q&As
Heritage visits
History hero
Historical recipes
Turning points in British history
View all Topics
Podcast
Back to
Main menu
All podcasts
Episodes by topic
Podcast club
Podcast series
Back to
Podcast
The tiger tamer who went to sea
Historical conspiracies
Everything you wanted to know about...
Boston Tea Party: Igniting a Revolution
Shakespeare: Past Master
Life of the week
Cundill History Prize 2023
The First Crusade
Great Reputations
US Civil Rights: fighting for freedom
History's greatest cities
Long reads
Caesar: Death of a Dictator
Six Wives
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Mary Rose
Tutankhamun
15 minutes of fame
The black death
Salem witch trials
Video
Back to
Main menu
All video
Video podcasts
Bitesize history videos
Video series
Back to
Video
The Holocaust with Laurence Rees
Tudor Royal Women
Femina: Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez
Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones
Monarchy masterclass with Tracy Borman
Quizzes
Membership
Back to
Main menu
Membership area
Academy
Back to
Membership
Regency course
Vikings course
Elizabethans course
Magazines
Back to
Main menu
BBC History Magazine
BBC History Revealed
BBC World Histories Magazine
Subscriber downloads
Special editions
About us
Subscribe
Subscribe
Subscribe
Columnists
Newsletters
Historical TV and Film
Today in history
Download our app
Home
Vikings Week
Vikings Week
Viking
“Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets,” plus 7 more Viking myths busted
Viking
Ivar the Boneless, Ragnvald of Ed and 6 more Vikings you should know about
Anglo-Saxon
From the raid on Lindisfarne to Harald Hardrada’s defeat: 8 Viking dates you need to know
Advertisement MPU index
Premium
Membership
Vikings on screen
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Membership
‘Vikings’ creator Michael Hirst on the real history behind the hit drama
Premium
Membership
Viking women: raiders, traders and settlers
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Anglo-Saxon
Edmund Ironside: Anglo-Saxon warrior king
Membership
A virtuous Viking: the medieval legend of Havelok the Dane
Premium
Membership
Anglo-Saxon saints and British slave-owners
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Advertisement MPU index
Membership
The Anglo-Saxon who (almost) united Britain
Membership
Vikings: A land without kings
Premium
Membership
How the Vikings ruled the waves
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Premium
Membership
Viking treasures and Hitler’s ‘perfect woman’
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Viking
Renewed debate over battle of Hastings location
Membership
Alfred the Great: do we overplay his ‘greatness’?
You're currently on page
1
Page
2
Next