Painting of Vikings in ships

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Erik the Red: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In his mother’s womb, he was fated to avenge his father – how was pregnancy understood in the Viking age?

A depiction of King Æthelred II holding a sword

Anglo-Saxon

The St Brice’s Day Massacre: what really happened?

A detail from the Bayeux Tapestry showing Harold Godwinson enthroned as king of England, holding a sceptre and orb. Groups of figures flank the newly crowned king, while decorative animals appear in the border below.

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Is this toilet the ultimate Anglo-Saxon status symbol? Inside Harold II’s ‘ensuite’

A fragment of a tapestry showing a Viking horseman adorned in armour

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The real Viking Age: when did the era of Norse expansion start and end?

An illustration of Vikings sailing on a longship across the Atlantic

General History

Who owns Greenland? Why the island's history is more complicated than you think

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Reading the runes: uncovering the everyday lives of the Vikings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rune stone. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Reading the runes: what we can learn about everyday life in the Viking Age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ordinary Vikings: hidden histories of the Nordic world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Week fourViking Kingdoms. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Week oneThe Viking Raids. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A warrior battling a dragon in Skyrim concept art.

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Best Viking videogames for history enthusiasts in 2025

Frida Gustavsson as Freydís Eiríksdóttir in season 3 of Vikings: Valhalla

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Was Freydís Eiríksdóttir a hero or a deranged murderess?

Leo Suter as Harald Sigurdsson in season 3 of Vikings: Valhalla

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Vikings: Valhalla ending explained: here’s what would have happened in season 4, according to history

Painting of the Wild Hunt of Odin

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Norse gods and goddesses: 14 of the most important deities venerated by the Vikings

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Beowulf: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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)

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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.

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

Viking ships arriving in Britain, c1130.

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"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.

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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

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

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

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

Vikings quiz - week one

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HEX Academy Vikings - week one video

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

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