Written down in Iceland centuries after the fact, the Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok turned a shadowy sea-king into a celebrity of the Viking world. Following the fall of Charlemagne’s empire, this chapter ...
On Oct 11, 2013, Thorbjorn Jagland strode through the mahogany doors of the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo and stepped up ...
We take a look at the unexpected places the Vikings reached, and what remnants of their visits you can still see today.
The Viking Age saw the pillaging of the British Isles, France, and the Mediterranean until inequality, Christianity, and sex ended the era.