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The Vikings mutilated and maimed their defeated enemies. So why did Alfred the Great spare their leader?
The Bayeux Tapestry has returned to the UK – and this is how you can see it
What were Viking women doing while their men were on violent raids?
Meet the mysterious leaders of the Vikings’ most fearsome army
One of medieval history’s biggest mysteries has just been solved – and it rewrites 1066
How England’s first king used an unexpected weapon to defeat the Vikings
Could the Queen Mother have secured the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum 45 years ago?
The Bayeux Tapestry is beautiful, but what was its purpose? New research might have the answer
Has history’s most famous comet been misnamed for centuries? “The answer is clear,” say historians
In 1525, an army of revolting peasants seemed unstoppable – but a brutal end was on the horizon
Forget the longships: this is the overlooked story of how the Vikings dominated eastern Europe
Why does Putin think Ukraine should be Russian? It’s all to do with the Vikings
Could you survive on the Vikings’ furthest frontier? Here’s the dark reality of Norse life on the edge
Emma of Normandy: not just a two-time queen consort of England
Europe's last pagans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
A thousand years ago, the Vikings had a shock encounter with Native Americans that ended in disaster
A threesome with his wife and mother-in-law: the scandalous story of why one Anglo-Saxon king skipped his coronation
Who owns Greenland? Why the island's history is more complicated than you think
How ancient history influenced Tolkien: did a forgotten legend inspire Rings of Power's Celebrimbor?
Was King Arthur real? Discover the legend of the 'once and future king'
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