New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

In Norse sagas and Viking histories ... They are often depicted as voluptuous and feminine women, mostly nude, but carrying shields. They appear as angelic warriors entering the fray on the ...

Bloodaxe,' co-created by Horatio Hirst, will chronicle the rise of one the best known Viking warriors ... to the fantastic world of the Norse Sagas and the men, women and gods of the Viking ...