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Viking Britain
Viking Britain
Anglo-Saxon
What if...
Alfred the Great lost to the Vikings at the battle of Edington?
Anglo-Saxon
Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians: the warrior queen who crushed the Vikings
Viking
Vikings: Valhalla
– the real history behind Netflix’s successor to Vikings
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Anglo-Saxon
Emma of Normandy: not just a two-time queen consort of England
Viking
How Sweyn Forkbeard became the first Viking king of England
Viking
The Danelaw: is the ‘realm’ of the Vikings in Anglo-Saxon-era England a place or an idea?
Anglo-Saxon
The St Brice’s Day Massacre: what really happened?
Viking
Cnut’s invasion of England: setting the scene for the Norman conquest
Second World War
The Dig
: the real history of the remarkable Sutton Hoo excavation
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Anglo-Saxon
Cnut: the great Dane
Anglo-Saxon
Unburied treasures: the 10 greatest discoveries made by the British public
Viking
Blog
Medieval(ish) matters #6: Viking military mind games, Anglo-Saxon mind maps, and embroidery before the Bayeux Tapestry
Medieval
Blog
Medieval(ish) matters #4: back to
Braveheart
, Viking river boats, Picts, and the Crusades
Viking
The Vikings: everything you wanted to know
Anglo-Saxon
Alfred the Great and Edington: how the King of Wessex became great
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