The Vikings were not all bloodthirsty raiders. Some came to fight, but others came to Britain to live peacefully. Viking Who were they? What did they do? King The most powerful person in all the ...
A History of the Beginnings of England,’ historian Marc Morris recounts the turbulent era between the abandonment of Britain ...
A set of eight new stamps have been issued to celebrate the "history, impact and legacy" of Vikings in Britain and mark the 40th anniversary of the Jorvik Viking Centre in York. The stamps feature ...
Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme It was through the Viking Age that England was forged, out of the shells of former kingdoms that fractured, fragmented, and faded into ...
New stamps are being issued that celebrate the history and legacy of Vikings in Britain. The eight stamps also mark 40 years since the Jorvik Viking Centre opened in York. They feature Viking ...
Throughout the saga of Vikings, England emerges as a land of opulence and strife, its verdant fields and majestic kingdoms drawing the Norsemen across treacherous seas. At the time of their ...