Hidden deep in the countryside lies this breathtaking Nordic Renaissance castle, built in 1822 and once tied to the Danish ...

That brought us face to face with the Viking presence. The rest is history.” The entry for the year 874 in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reads: “This year went the [Great Army] from Lindsey to ...

Dublin, one of the largest Viking cities in the British Isles ... a professor of Anglo-Saxon history at Cambridge University. “They engaged in extortion on a massive scale, using the threat ...

He teaches subjects in Old Norse culture and religion, Arctic cultures, and medieval Nordic history. His research revolves around animistic expressions and environmental conceptions in pre-Christian ...

5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Icelandic sagas tell how the 10th-century Viking sailor Leif Eriksson stumbled on a new ...

From towering monuments that honour ancient warriors to cutting-edge virtual reality experiences, Norway’s Stavanger is an ideal place to immerse yourself in Viking Age history.