Viking

A helmet from a chieftain's grave in 10th-century Norway

Inside the Viking mind: the view of the Vikings’ world from 5 perspectives

Howard Williams talks about the ethics of excavation on the HistoryExtra podcast.

Viking warrior women & the ethics of excavating the dead

A portrait of Cnut holding a sceptre. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cnut: the great Dane

Illustration of the raid on the monastery at Lindisfarne

Slaves in the Viking Age: how prevalent were enslaved people in Viking societies?

Neil Price takes us inside the Viking mind to explain how the Norse raiders viewed the world and what drove them to expand across the seas. (Image by Getty Images)

Inside the Viking mind

The Oseberg ship from around AD 820 is one of the most well- preserved Viking ships ever excavated

Viking ships: 5 lesser-known facts

Ancient Celtic Cross overlooking the Achill Sound at the old church of St Dympna and Holy Well, Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland. (Photo by Dreamstime)

Unexpected Irish tales

Professor Jan Bill on the HistoryExtra podcast.

At sea with the Vikings

Alfred the Great (849–899). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Who was King Alfred the Great?

The Varangian Guard as depicted in the illuminated 12th-century manuscript known as the Madrid Skylitzes. These Viking warriors became the Byzantine emperors' personal bodyguard

What was the Varangian Guard? A brief history of the Viking warriors of the Byzantine empire

Elaborate dragon carvings decorate the prow of the Oseberg longship, circa 800 AD, The Viking Ship Museum, Oslo, Norway (Photo by Alamy)

Viking genes unravelled

Thomas Williams on the HistoryExtra podcast

Ghosts of Viking London

An illustration depicting the deposition of the body of Edward the Confessor in the tomb at Westminster in 1066. (

Was the early medieval period a “golden age” for the elderly?

Illustration of Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir

The amazing life of a great female Viking explorer

Edward the Confessor, depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry

Edward the Confessor: 9 fascinating facts