After Rome’s collapse, London fell silent, then reemerged as a crossroads linking Anglo Saxons, Vikings, and distant Baltic traders. Following archaeology and rare eyewitness accounts, this episode ...
Before the Netflix series, there was the real Uhtred. He slayed Scots, stood beside kings, and fought for both Saxon and Viking rulers. But in the end, politics and betrayal carved his name into blood ...
In 893, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a large Viking army landed at Appledore in east Kent, having rampaged through northern France and boarded 250 ships at Boulogne, writes Derek Carpenter.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a contemporary historical account, records that the Vikings waged some 50 battles and destroyed or ravaged scores of settlements. Dublin, one of the largest Viking cities in ...