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#495 – Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age
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Lars Brownworth is a historian, teacher, podcaster, and author specializing in Viking history, medieval Europe, and the Byzantine Empire.
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OUTLINE:
() – Introduction
() – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
() – The start of the Viking Age
() – Viking military strategy, tactics & technology
() – Ragnar Lothbrok
() – The Great Heathen Army
() – Rollo and Normandy
() – Viking religion and Valhalla
() – Viking explorers
() – Vikings in North America
() – Vikings in the East
() – Byzantine Empire
() – History and human nature
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