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This illustration depicts Viking ships arriving in Britain. Though produced centuries after the earliest raids, it reflects how the impact of Norse invasions remained vivid in medieval memory and manuscript culture.

Forget the longships: this is the overlooked story of how the Vikings dominated eastern Europe

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HistoryExtra AcademyThe Vikings, with Ryan Lavelle

Week fourViking Kingdoms

Week oneThe Viking Raids

This illustration from the Arnamagnæan Collection in Denmark depicts Eric the Red, the Norse explorer who founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland around AD 985.

A thousand years ago, the Vikings had a shock encounter with Native Americans that ended in disaster

Viking ships arriving in Britain, c1130.

The ultimate Viking quiz

A painting depicting Rurik and his brothers arriving in Staraya Ladoga, a scene based on the legend of the Varangian invitation, in which Norse leaders were asked to bring order to the Slavic lands. Rurik’s arrival marked the legendary founding of the first ruling dynasty of Rus’, a key moment in the early history of Eastern Europe.

Why does Putin think Ukraine should be Russian? It’s all to do with the Vikings

This 6th-century matrix from Torslunda, Sweden, was used to create helmet plaques depicting armed figures — likely berserkers — wearing horned helmets with bird motifs and animal masks. Such imagery evokes the warrior culture later embraced by Viking champions like Thorkell the Tall, a famed Jomsviking commander known for his fierce loyalty and shifting allegiances during the early 11th century.

Who was Thorkell the Tall? The pragmatic Viking warrior who fought for (and against) all sides

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

JomsvikingsLegendary Viking mercenaries or men of myth?

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A warrior battling a dragon in Skyrim concept art.

Best Viking videogames for history enthusiasts in 2025

This 1877 painting by Oscar Wergeland depicts Norwegian settlers arriving in Iceland in 872. Fleeing the unification of Norway under Harald Fairhair, these early migrants laid the foundations of a unique Norse society on the island’s volcanic shores.

Could you survive on the Vikings’ furthest frontier? Here’s the dark reality of Norse life on the edge

Vikings quiz – week four

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

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

Vikings quiz - week two

HistoryExtra Academy: Vikings course

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

Beyond the podcastThe Gunpowder plot

Vikings quiz - week three

Watercolour illustration of Dublin

The history of Dublin: from Viking stronghold to international success story

Vikings quiz - week one

Vikings quiz - week one

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...

Leif Erikson in Vikings Valhalla

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

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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

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The perimeter fence of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.

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