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Emma of Normandy: not just a two-time queen consort of England
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Vikings quiz – week two
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Viking raiders, with Professor Ryan Lavelle
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Alfred the Great lost to the Vikings at the battle of Edington?
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Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians: the warrior queen who crushed the Vikings
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Vikings: Valhalla
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How Sweyn Forkbeard became the first Viking king of England
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The Danelaw: is the ‘realm’ of the Vikings in Anglo-Saxon-era England a place or an idea?
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre: what really happened?
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Cnut’s invasion of England: setting the scene for the Norman conquest
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The Dig
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Cnut: the great Dane
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Unburied treasures: the 10 greatest discoveries made by the British public
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Medieval(ish) matters #6: Viking military mind games, Anglo-Saxon mind maps, and embroidery before the Bayeux Tapestry
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Braveheart
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