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Viking Britain

Haesten (Jeppe Beck Laursen) in the 'The Last Kingdom'.
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The Last Kingdom S4 E9 review: a tense penultimate episode sees the Saxon heart “ripped out”

Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred in season 4 of 'The Last Kingdom'. (Photo by Joe Alblas/Carnival)
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The Last Kingdom S4 E10 review: resettled pieces on the board allow drama to “catch up” with history

The Last Kingdom season 4
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The Last Kingdom S4 E7 review: a royal funeral, the abuse of power, and a little artistic licence

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Oscar Skagerberg as Bjorgulf in 'The Last Kingdom' season 4
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The Last Kingdom S4 E5 review: “This has to rank among the more gruesome episodes of the season, if not the series”

Ewan Mitchell as Osferth, Mark Rowley as Finan and Aenas Fedaravicius as Sihtric. (Photo by Adrienn Szabo courtesy of Netflix)
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The Last Kingdom S4 E6 review: a mysterious medieval ‘Sickness’ leaves its mark

The Last Kingdom series 4
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The Last Kingdom S4 E3 review: moments of introspection remind us of history’s “shared humanity”

Magnus Bruun as Cnut in 'The Last Kingdom' season 4
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The Last Kingdom S4 E4 review: “Royal rage could be a terrible thing in the early Middle Ages”

'The Last Kingdom' season 4 episode 1
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The Last Kingdom S4 E1 review: will Alfred’s legacy come tumbling down?

'The Last Kingdom' season 4
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The Last Kingdom S4 E2 review: winds of change and dramatic father-son relations

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How England rode the Viking storm

Stained glass image of King Cnut
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Your guide to King Cnut: the fierce Danish warrior who ruled England

Viking ships sailing towards unknown land. (Photo by Getty Images)
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9 podcasts about the Vikings to listen to right now

What began as small raids on British coastal towns soon developed into all-out war, as a Great Viking Army arrived with a very different aim: to conquer (Photo credit: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Vikings in Britain: how did raiders and marauders become lords and kings?

Coins depicting Viking longships
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A brief history of the Vikings

Viking women.(Illustration by Laura Grace Haines)
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Viking women

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