Viking Age stories often involve modern-day Denmark, the fjords of Norway, the British Isles and Iceland, yet one overlooked stronghold of Viking history lay far north of the Arctic Circle. The sagas ...

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The northern peoples to A.D. 790: From the beginnings to the Age of Migrations -- The legendary history of the Swedes and the Danes -- The Viking kingdoms to the ...

The image of the fearsome Viking charging into battle crowned with a helmet of horns has become an enduring visual symbol of warriors from Norse history. The problem with this image is that there is ...

Vikings running back Chuck Foreman (44) tries to get away from the Rams' Jim Youngblood (53) during a 1977 rain-soaked NFC playoff game in Los Angeles. (Associated Press) They were the days of muddy ...

The Minnesota Vikings continue to surprise after earning their 12th victory on the season and seventh consecutive win via a drubbing of the Chicago Bears on “Monday Night Football.” Though, perhaps ...

They were the days of muddy fields and bundled players, simple gray facemasks and low-tech scoreboards that were little more than a cluster of golden lightbulbs. It all lives on YouTube, this grainy ...