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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
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Viking
Vikings on screen
Viking
‘Vikings’ creator Michael Hirst on the real history behind the hit drama
Viking
Viking women: raiders, traders and settlers
Anglo-Saxon
Edmund Ironside: Anglo-Saxon warrior king
Viking
A virtuous Viking: the medieval legend of Havelok the Dane
Viking
Anglo-Saxon saints and British slave-owners
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Anglo-Saxon
The Anglo-Saxon who (almost) united Britain
Viking
Vikings: A land without kings
Viking
How the Vikings ruled the waves
Second World War
Viking treasures and Hitler’s ‘perfect woman’
Viking
Renewed debate over battle of Hastings location
Anglo-Saxon
Alfred the Great: do we overplay his ‘greatness’?
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