Season 01
All Episodes - S01
EPS03
The Silk Road opened up a world of trade for the Scandinavians in the East. Seeking wealth, the Vikings known in the East as the "Rus" attacked Constantinople in 860. The Rus became a permanent and feared fixture in the Byzantine Empire.
EPS04
The siege of Paris in 885 was the culmination of the Viking invasions of Francia. We look at the persistent Viking attacks on Francia and the enduring presence of the Scandinavians on the Frankish Empire and beyond.
EPS06
The 10th century reign of Harald Bluetooth, king of a newly unified and powerful Denmark, marked the start of a second Viking age. With the Normans finally taking the English Kingdom in 1066, we look at the final days of the Viking empire.