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And they're still here with us today. Archaeologist Neil Oliver visits three of the most important places associated with the Viking invasion and settlement of Anglo Saxon England. He starts at ...

Women played a significant role in the Viking invasion, evidence at Repton suggests The peaceful rural village of Repton in Derbyshire is thought to have witnessed a pivotal blood-soaked moment in ...

The Viking invasions eventually smashed the state system of the English. Wessex survived and, in the reign of King Alfred (d. AD 899) a campaign began to bring the whole of England under the rule ...

(Program not available for streaming.) Bloody raids. Merciless pillaging. Loathsome invasions. The Vikings are infamous for their fearsome conquests—but they were also expert seafarers ...

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.

The silver penny was made for Athelstan II, better known as Guthrum, who led a Danish invasion of Anglo-Saxon ... Coin expert Adrian Marsden said the Viking leader only began minting coins after ...