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Benjamin Savill discusses the St Brice’s Day Massacre of 1002, in which Danes living in England were killed, apparently on royal orders. (Image by Getty Images)

The St Brice’s Day Massacre of 1002 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of King Æthelred II holding a sword

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

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

Who was King Alfred the Great?

A reconstruction of a Viking church

Vikings in America: the Europeans who arrived 500 years before Columbus

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Christian Cooijmans explains what we know about Viking raids on Francia and Europe’s western seaboard. (Image by Getty Images)

Vikings and Franks . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Cnut’s invasion of England: setting the scene for the Norman conquest

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Julian Richards discusses the Viking Great Army, which wreaked havoc on the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England from 865-878. (Image by Getty Images)

The Viking Great Army: the latest discoveries . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

c900 AD, Viking ships invading England. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

5 key Viking discoveries in Britain – and what they reveal about how the Vikings really lived

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Dr Ben Raffield explains how in the ninth and tenth centuries, Scandinavian laws and customs prevailed across a swathe of what’s now northern and eastern England. (Image by Getty Images)

The Danelaw: a Viking kingdom in England? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Cat Jarman History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Viking women gathered outside a home – coloured illustration

What was life like for Viking women?

Science is helping to reveal new information about life in the Viking Age

Vikings under the microscope: what can science tell us about Viking life?

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Gordon Campbell reveals how the Vikings made epic voyages of discovery across the Atlantic a millennium ago. (Image by Getty Images)

Vikings in North America . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dr Cat Jarman explores the far-reaching trading networks of the Vikings, from the Baltic sea to Asia

The Vikings’ global connections . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From Thor to Odin, Carolyne Larrington discusses the legendary figures of Viking mythology. (Image by Getty Images)

A guide to the Norse gods . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.