The Viking Age - when they were most active in their exploration and raiding - covers the period from the 8th Century until the 11th Century AD. Norse settlers were those from these countries who ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to ...

site of a stone church built in the 11th century and one of the earliest Christian settlements in the country. The remains of the Varnhem Vikings, who largely lived in nearby farm-based ...

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 ...

The Vikings were one of the most dominant forces ... sunk to form a blockade across the fjord in the early 11th century. The ship was 121 feet long. There are stories in the sagas of even bigger ...

Royal Mounds dating from before the Viking Age in Old Uppsala, Sweden. In the 11th century, a German church historian claimed people gathered in Old Uppsala every nine years to make sacrifices.

A University College Cork (UCC) researcher has been awarded a prestigious €2m grant to map the complex legacy of the Vikings in Europe. From the 8th the 11th century, the Vikings traded and ...