Viking

A runestone depicting two warriors fighting and the journey of the Vikings to Valhalla, the hall of slain. (DEA/G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

The Vikings at home

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Viking sagas and royal pageants . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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(Illustration by Jonty Clark for BBC History Magazine)

Ye olde travel guide: Hedeby AD 950 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh

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Whithorn Priory, Dumfries and Galloway

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View across the river Clyde to Dumbarton Rock and the medieval Dumbarton Castle. (Photo by Martin W Holt via Getty Images)

History explorer: Alfred and the Vikings . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury

The Abingdon Sword, an iron sword fragment and hilt found near Abingdon in Oxfordshire in 1874. The decoration on the sword hilt indicates this was a high status weapon dating from around AD 875. (Ashmolean Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Fighting the Vikings

Modern day Kibworth, Leicestershire. (Alamy)

England in miniature

Lewis Chessmen found on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

The Library Objects with meanings: How artefacts can give us a new take on global history

Image of the Lindisfarne Stone from Holy Island, Northumbria. It shows seven warriors, possibly vikings. The Vikings’ first recorded raid on Lindisfarne took place in AD 793. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Why did the Vikings’ violent raids begin?

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The motivations behind Viking raids and the life of Dr Johnson . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.