The Rise of the Vikings
Gone Medieval
History Hit
4.5 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
September is Vikings month on Gone Medieval, as Dr. Cat Jarman presents a mini-series about her favourite, specialist subject. Over four episodes, Cat is taking a deep dive into the Viking age, looking at how it all started, how it all ended, and the stories we tell about those people from the north in between.
In this second episode, Cat tells how raiders, traders and settlers from Scandinavia succeeded over 300 years to make an indelible mark on Western Europe, with insights from some previous contributors to Gone Medieval.
The Senior Producer on this episode was Elena Guthrie. It was edited by Matthew Peaty and produced by Rob Weinberg.
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| 1:33.1 | For about 300 years, raiders, traders and settlers from Scandinavia made an |
| 1:39.2 | indelible mark on northwestern Europe and beyond. And as we usually told, it all started |
| 1:46.4 | more or less out of blue with an unprecedented attack on the monastery of Lindisfan on the 6th of |
| 1:52.3 | June 793. Is that really how it started? Who were the Vikings anyway? And what reasons do they have |
| 2:01.7 | to turn outwards from Scandinavia to raid and pillage, but also to trade, explore and peacefully |
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