Part of the Ancient Worlds: New Horizons series of Study Days

The Vikings

The Vikings almost need no introduction. An image is instantly conjured up of ferocious fighting men, rampaging through our green and pleasant land, plundering, wrecking and desecrating. This is not untrue by any means, but the lecture seeks to find out if there were any other aspects to the “long-haired tourists from Scandinavia”. A problem with studying Vikings is that contemporary writing about them is often hysterical, although they were also seen literally as the wrath of God. In the end, there was a Scandinavian conquest of England before the Norman one, so who were these people, why did they come here and what did they hope to achieve.

You can book for the whole course or just individual days. The course consists of 3 days as follows and all are available in venue (Winchester) and online via Zoom:

• Wednesday 3 February 2027 - The Vikings with Imogen Corrigen
• Wednesday 17 March 2027 - Greek Salad - the Essentials of Western Civilisation with Rupert Willoughby
• Wednesday 27 April 2027 - Layers of Rome with Dan Evans