From the first raid on Lindisfarne in 793 to the death of Harald Hardrada at Stamford Bridge in 1066, the Vikings transformed Europe. They were more than raiders: they were explorers, traders, settlers, and rulers whose ships carried them from the shores of Scandinavia to Byzantium, Russia, Greenland, and even North America.
The Viking Sea Kings tells the true story of this remarkable age of expansion. Drawing on archaeology, sagas, and chronicles, it traces the rise of Norse power from its roots in the fjords of Norway and the farmlands of Denmark to the creation of kingdoms that reshaped the medieval world. It reveals how Viking technology, law, language, and culture left a permanent imprint on the societies they touched.
This is the story of a people who lived by the sea, whose daring voyages linked distant worlds, and whose legacy continues to echo through our languages, landscapes, and imagination.
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