But is the Vikings' ruthless reputation warranted? "The question isn't, 'Were Vikings violent?'" said Daniel Melleno, an ...

Vikings in Norway were more violent towards each other than previously thought, according to a new study that sheds more light on rules and their enforcement in these early European societies.

The world of early medieval Europe is sometimes hard to grasp for 21st-century Americans. The fog of the “dark ages” still lingers, casting the period as a fundamentally unknowable time, a ...

It's possible these Welsh victims of violence were killed by the Vikings. Over 20 years ago, Birthe and Martin Biddle uncovered the body of a warrior in the churchyard at Repton. As well as sword ...

The word Viking means ‘a pirate raid’, which is a fitting name as they were fearsome warriors and oftenraided monasteries for treasure. But they weren’t all bad, bloodthirsty and violent ...