The Viking era lasted nearly three centuries (late 8th century to late 11th century ... Skilled navigators, the Vikings also ventured as far as the Iberian Peninsula. In 844, they ravaged Seville ...

Ethelred the Unready was thought of as a weak king of England in the 11th century. Ethelred gave the Vikings gold and land to stop them invading. This money was called Danegeld. But it didn’t ...

But evidence shows that decades before this violent encounter, the Vikings travelled extensively to procure valuable trade goods in the East, including silver and worked beads. With global ships and ...

But evidence shows that decades before this violent encounter, the Vikings travelled extensively to procure valuable trade goods in the East, including silver and worked beads. With global ships and ...

Swift and deadly, the Vikings dominated the seas of northern Europe from the late eighth century to the 11th. Sails were adopted in Scandinavia by approximately the seventh century. Only fragments ...