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Are women at the heart of the action in the Norman Conquest?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

QuizHow much do you know about the Vikings?

BlogMedieval(ish) matters #6: Viking military mind games, Anglo-Saxon mind maps, and embroidery before the Bayeux Tapestry. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BlogMedieval(ish) matters #4: back to Braveheart, Viking river boats, Picts, and the Crusades. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BlogMedieval(ish) matters #3: the salmon of knowledge, rolling Roman mosaics, eels, and Crusades. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Vikings: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BlogMedieval(ish) matters #2: arrows in the eye, The Last Kingdom, Viking dogs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alfred the Great and Edington: how the King of Wessex became great. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The global millennium: how the year AD 1000 was more globalised than we might think. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Top 11 monarchs in British history

BlogMedieval matters #1: The Last Kingdom, Robin Hood and how to learn Old Norse in lockdown. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

5 forgotten Viking battles that shaped Britain's destiny. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Last Kingdom S4 E9 review: a tense penultimate episode sees the Saxon heart “ripped out”

The Last Kingdom S4 E10 review: resettled pieces on the board allow drama to “catch up” with history

The Last Kingdom S4 E8 review: a fiery opening paves the way for a new ruler of Mercia

The Last Kingdom S4 E7 review: a royal funeral, the abuse of power, and a little artistic licence

The Last Kingdom S4 E5 review: “This has to rank among the more gruesome episodes of the season, if not the series”

The Last Kingdom S4 E6 review: a mysterious medieval ‘Sickness’ leaves its mark

Ivar the Boneless, Ragnvald of Ed and 6 more Vikings you should know about

The unexpected Vikings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who were the key players in the struggle to succeed Alfred the Great?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Last Kingdom S4 E3 review: moments of introspection remind us of history’s “shared humanity”

The Last Kingdom S4 E4 review: “Royal rage could be a terrible thing in the early Middle Ages”

The Last Kingdom S4 E1 review: will Alfred’s legacy come tumbling down?

The Last Kingdom S4 E2 review: winds of change and dramatic father-son relations

Who was Edward the Elder? A brief guide to the Anglo-Saxon king

How England rode the Viking storm. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Your guide to King Cnut: the fierce Danish warrior who ruled England

Vikings in Britain: how did raiders and marauders become lords and kings?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bernard Cornwell on writing historical fiction and his blockbuster series The Last Kingdom: your questions answered. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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