For 150 years, Viking fleets tore through the rivers of West Frankia, sacking cities, besieging Paris, and helping shatter Charlemagne’s empire from within. This is the story of how the chaos produced ...

The Viking Age saw the pillaging of the British Isles, France, and the Mediterranean until inequality, Christianity, and sex ended the era.

We take a look at the unexpected places the Vikings reached, and what remnants of their visits you can still see today.