How to Survive in Viking Britain

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🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered what it would take to live in Viking Britain? When they arrived and settled in the British Isles, Viking settlers didn't just face a violent death at the hands of disgruntled locals. They had to contend with vicious weather, famine and disease, as well as simply navigating a new and unfamiliar world.

Today we're joined by Eleanor Barraclough, a cultural historian and broadcaster. She explains exactly what it would have been like to survive and thrive in Viking Britain.

Produced by Mariana Des Forges and James Hickmann, and edited by Dougal Patmore.

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1:27.0	Hi everybody, welcome to Dan Snow's history hit. I'm talking today about the Vikings,
1:35.0	one of history's greatest maritime cultures.
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1:42.0	because I want to relate one of the great
1:44.2	experience I've ever had in my life. I boarded a ship a Viking ship at Ross
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