Greg Jenner is joined in medieval Scandinavia by historian Dr Eleanor Barraclough and comedian Chloe Petts to learn about the ...

Scholars reveal that much of what we think we know about Vikings and Norse mythology is based on later reinterpretations rather than original sources.

Scholars of Scandinavian studies at the Cluster of Excellence are investigating cultural memories of pre-Christian Nordic paganism from the Middle Ages to the present day – “Brave explorers, strong ...

Vikings may have been family men who traveled with their wives to new lands, according to a new study of ancient Viking DNA. Maternal DNA from ancient Norsemen closely matches that of modern-day ...

The traditional picture of Vikings is one of boatloads of hairy men pillaging their way along the coasts of Europe. Though true to some degree, this stereotype has more recently been tempered with the ...

The Vikings weren’t just masculine raiders and pillagers. They were adventurous sea-faring women, too. Previous studies had presumed that Viking men brought women over to new colonies after they’d ...

DENVER -- In some ways, being a woman in the Viking Age wasn't so bad -- if you were a member of the upper class. In addition to managing the household and the farm, such women could participate in ...

When “Vikings” premiered on History in 2013, audiences were pretty sure they knew what they’d be tuning in to — a lot of red-bearded men in horned helmets doing battle. But by now, just weeks away ...

The clash of religion, politics and conquest in History’s hit series "Vikings" slowly maps out how the Nordic warriors gave up their gods and adopted Christianity after centuries of warring and ...

Reductionism is a major flaw of Americans’ approach to learning about world history. Outside of a few standout European powers that continually pop up (England, Germany, Russia, etc.), cultures of the ...