Painting of Vikings in ships

Viking

An amulet depicting Thor’s hammer, Mjollnir, which he wielded with devastating effect against his foes in Norse mythology (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

Old Norse poetry: how the Vikings viewed the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Viking ships arriving in Britain, c1130.

The ultimate Viking quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Viking ships arriving in Britain, c1130.

"A Viking wedding involved a bed and eight people", plus four other facts about the Vikings you might not know.... This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vikings podcast episodes

In the final week of the HistoryExtra Academy Vikings course, Professor Ryan Lavelle explores the ways in which Norse rulers established their own kingdoms, and offers his thoughts on the end of the Viking Age

Viking kingdoms, with Professor Ryan Lavelle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vikings quiz – week four. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vikings quiz - week three. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Daily life, with Professor Ryan Lavelle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vikings quiz - week two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Trading and exploring, with Professor Ryan Lavelle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vikings quiz - week one

Vikings quiz - week one. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HEX Academy Vikings - week one video

Viking raiders, with Professor Ryan Lavelle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What Norse poetry reveals about the Viking age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of a Viking with a blue tooth wearing mail and a helmet

Q&AIs it true that Bluetooth was named after a Viking king?

Bradley James as Jomsvikings leader Harekr in season 2 of Vikings: Valhalla

JomsvikingsLegendary Viking mercenaries or men of myth?

Perhaps the most charming idea about the origins of the festive tradition of kissing under the mistletoe derives from a Viking myth of Frigg, goddess of love and marriage, and her ill-fated son Balder. (Photo by Jurg Waldmeier/StockFood Creative/Getty Images Plus)

Q&AWhy do we kiss under the mistletoe?

Return of the Viking raiders. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alice Roberts on unearthing the Romans, Vikings & Anglo-Saxons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The trouble with viking hypermasculinity. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The NorthmanHow the real Viking prince Amleth inspired Shakespeare

The Northman: bringing the Viking world to life on screen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Northman stars Alexander Skarsgård as Viking prince Amleth

“You are in their world, not in ours”: How The Northman makes the Viking Age real

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, illustrated sitting on a throne

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians: the warrior queen who crushed the Vikings

Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred of Bebbanburg in The Last Kingdom season 5

The real Uhtred of BebbanburgThe historical inspirations for The Last Kingdom’s hero

The Last Kingdom season 5 starsAlexander Dreymon as Uhtred of Bebbanburg

The Last Kingdom: real history and historical accuracy

Leif Erikson in Vikings Valhalla

Vikings: Valhalla – the real history behind Netflix’s successor to Vikings

Stone engraved with the representation of the gods Odin, Thor and Frey, with a sacrifice to Odin

Christians and pagans in Norse society: the real religious rifts between Vikings

Vikings: Valhalla’s real inspirations. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark and the first Viking king of England (Photo by Getty)

How Sweyn Forkbeard became the first Viking king of England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Part one in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1000–1049

Turning points1016: The Danish conquest of England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.