The Great Heathen Army | The Death of Kings | DOCUMENTARY

From the Icy North, Dragon headed longboats would glide towards the English shores and inside them were Viking warriors, bent on plunder and conquest. Ragnar Lothbrok a Legendary Viking King had a catalogue of successful Viking invasions over an enormous geographical area for the age. His seaborne expeditions had taken him to as north as Finland and some areas in Russia. Legends record he had ventured to Paris raided in the Hellespont and beyond. These raids had made Ragnar perhaps the most famous Viking in history. Countless stories exist in the Sagas of Ragnar’s exploits, avenging his grandfather, slaying Kings and mythological creatures to personally duelling warrior-champions along-side his many sons were just some of the tales surrounding this legendary figure.

Although Ragnar was a larger than life man and warrior King, he met his fate as many fighters do. Ragnar would underestimate King Aella of Northumbria, he attacked the English King but his Viking fleet was captured and he was executed by being thrown into a snake pit and was eaten alive. His end was described in the Gesta Denorum, “Thus a most glorious conqueror died a prisoner, a lesson that no man should put too much trust in fortune.”

This one action would have a long lasting consequence on the lands of Britain for centuries as the death of a King would have a domino effect on the Kings of the divided land of England. Ragnar’s sons were coming to avenge him; Vidarr the Norse God of Vengeance had demanded revenge and the sons of Ragnar had heard him. The Ragnassons were all capable men who had fought alongside their father would gather all of their soldiers and bring them together; they would bring a force to England that had not been seen since the time of the Romans over 800 years before, The Great Heathen army would change England forever and 400 long ships would glide across the North Sea with their destination being the Kingdom of Northumbria. This is a tale of honour, revenge and the thirst for blood; this is the story of the Great Heathen army.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction - The Death of a King
02:40 Chapter 1 - The Conquest of Northumbria
06:14 Chapter 2 - The Invasion of East Anglia
11:37 Chapter 3 - Battles & Rebellions
16:47 Chapter 4 - Mercia Submits
18:39 Chapter 5 - The Death of Ivar & Halfdan
21:22 Chapter 6 - The Fall of Wessex
23:31 Chapter 7 - The Death of Ubba
25:25 Chapter 8 - The Rise of Alfred the Great
26:39 Chapter 9 - The Battle of Edington
28:12 Chapter 10 - Conclusion

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Sources:
The Gesta Danorum:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1150/...

The Saga of Ragnar Lodrok and his Sons:
http://www.germanicmythology.com/FORN...

Annals of Ireland:
https://archive.org/details/annalsofi...

Annals of Ulster:
https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100001A/

Vulsunga saga:
http://www.dankalia.com/literature/lt...

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle:
https://ia601601.us.archive.org/25/it...

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