002 Here Come the Vikings
The Scandinavian History Podcast - A podcast by Mikael Shainkman - Fridays
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Who were the Vikings, and why did they decide to start plundering and killing? Was it really because of something some random West-Saxon bailiff said? Or because the Northumbrians cut their hair in a way that upset God? Find out in this episode, when we kick off the Viking Age with the infamous attack on the monastery at Lindisfarne.