About the Show
An attack on a small religious community on the Holy island of Lindisfarne in AD 793 heralded the start of the Viking Age of conquest and expansion but before this, we look at the Vikings’ beginnings in Scandinavia. Part 1 of 6.
Episodes
The Road to Lindisfarne
The Great Heathen Army
As Far East as Baghdad
The Fall of Francia
The Wild West
The Second Viking Age