The Vikings were not all bloodthirsty raiders. Some came to fight, but others came to Britain to live peacefully. Viking Who were they? What did they do? King The most powerful person in all the ...

Eric Bloodaxe was the King of the Viking city of Jorvik. This is one of his silver coins. It has ‘Eric Rex’ written on it, which means ‘King Eric’ in Latin. Norwegian Eric ‘Bloodaxe ...

At one spot on the west coast of Great Britain, the yellow-brown and ... and certainly the most discussed part of the map, claims that Viking adventurers reached American shores hundreds of ...