The Vikings

Discover the tremendous impact Vikings had on the history and culture of Western civilization in this engrossing course by an award-winning professor of History.

• By This Professor
• 01: The Vikings in Medieval History
• 02: Land and People of Medieval Scandinavia
• 03: Scandinavian Society in the Bronze Age
• 04: Scandinavia in the Celtic and Roman Ages
• 05: The Age of Migrations
• 06: The Norse Gods
• 07: Runes, Poetry, and Visual Arts
• 08: Legendary Kings and Heroes
• 09: A Revolution in Shipbuilding
• 10: Warfare and Society in the Viking Age
• 11: Merchants and Commerce in the Viking Age
• 12: Christendom on the Eve of the Viking Age
• 13: Viking Raids on the Carolingian Empire
• 14: The Duchy of Normandy
• 15: Viking Assault on England
• 16: The Danelaw
• 17: Viking Assault on Ireland
• 18: Norse Kings of Dublin and Ireland
• 19: The Settlement of Iceland
• 20: Iceland-A Frontier Republic
• 21: Skaldic Poetry and Sagas
• 22: Western Voyages to Greenland and Vinland
• 23: Swedes in the Baltic Sea and Russia
• 24: The Road to Byzantium
• 25: From Varangians into Russians
• 26: Transformation of Scandinavian Society
• 27: St. Anskar and the First Christian Missions
• 28: Formation of the Kingdom of Denmark
• 29: Cnut the Great
• 30: Collapse of Cnut's Empire
• 31: Jarls and Sea Kings of Norway
• 32: St. Olaf of Norway
• 33: Kings of the Swedes and Goths
• 34: Christianization and Economic Change
• 35: From Vikings to Crusaders
• 36: The Viking Legacy