Vikings: The Rise and Fall

The mid-10th-century reign of Harald Bluetooth as king of a newly unified, powerful and Christianized Denmark marked the beginning of a second Viking age.

Political turmoil in Norway leads a voyage of discovery west; the Vikings discover Iceland where they established lasting settlement.

The siege of Paris in 885 was the culmination of the Viking invasions of Francia; looking at the persistent Viking attacks on Francia and the enduring presence of the Scandinavians on the Frankish Empire and beyond.

The Silk Road opened up a world of trade for the Scandinavians in the East; seeking further wealth, the Vikings known in the East as ``the Rus`` attacked Constantinople in 860.

The Silk Road opened up a world of trade for the Scandinavians in the East; seeking further wealth, the Vikings known in the East as ``the Rus`` attacked Constantinople in 860.

The siege of Paris in 885 was the culmination of the Viking invasions of Francia; looking at the persistent Viking attacks on Francia and the enduring presence of the Scandinavians on the Frankish Empire and beyond.

The Siege of York occurred from 866 when the Great Heathen army laid claim to the Northumbrian capital of York; looking at the major battles, players and strongholds in ninth-century England.

An attack on a small religious community on the holy island of Lindisfarne in A.D. 793 heralded the start of the Viking age of conquest and expansion; the Vikings' beginnings in Scandinavia.

The mid-10th-century reign of Harald Bluetooth as king of a newly unified, powerful and Christianized Denmark marked the beginning of a second Viking age.

Political turmoil in Norway leads a voyage of discovery west; the Vikings discover Iceland where they established lasting settlement.

The Siege of York occurred from 866 when the Great Heathen army laid claim to the Northumbrian capital of York; looking at the major battles, players and strongholds in ninth-century England.

An attack on a small religious community on the holy island of Lindisfarne in A.D. 793 heralded the start of the Viking age of conquest and expansion; the Vikings' beginnings in Scandinavia.