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.

With Harold's brother Tostig, Hardrada invaded in September 1066. After a victorious battle at Fulford he was killed by Harold's army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge outside York. Fewer than 25 of ...

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, ...