Chronicles state a "large heathen army" began to hack its way across England in AD866 ... dating from the 200 years previous to the Viking invasion. But new research has turned this on its ...

The conquest of England was a task far greater than anything the Vikings had ever attempted before. England was divided into four powerful, well-organised kingdoms: Northumbria, East Anglia ...

Harald Hardrada was a Viking and king of Norway ... had been waiting in the south of England, anticipating an invasion from William from France. He quickly marched his army 185 miles north ...

Above: Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, which commemorates the Norman invasion of England. Countless sailing experiments with replica ships continue to confirm the excellence of Viking ship design.

Millions of people fell in love with Game of Thrones because of its epic battles, intriguing characters, and complex political intrigues. These five outstanding options offer their own distinctive ...

Constantine mac Áed (Constantine II), the grandson of Kenneth MacAlpin, began his life as an exile. In 878 AD his father, Áed, had been slain by a Giric, son of Dungal, and Constantine, a young boy at ...

A rare coin minted by a Viking warlord after he became a ... who led a Danish invasion of Anglo-Saxon England and waged war against Alfred the Great. He converted to Christianity as part of ...

A University of Winchester academic has become the consultant for a new French docudrama series on the Vikings and their 'Empire of the North Sea'. Professor of Early Medieval history, Ryan Lavelle, ...