Ragnar Lothbrok and the Great Heathen Army's Winter at Repton

In this milestone fiftieth episode, Lucas and Luna revisit the pivotal winter of 873-874, when the Great Heathen Army encamped at Repton in Mercia. Drawing on archaeological evidence from the Repton excavations—including the mass grave of around 264 individuals, a Viking warrior buried with a Thor's hammer pendant and a boar's tusk, and the mysterious stone structure that may have been a burial chamber for Ivar the Boneless—they piece together what happened when the army split and the 'bone-less' leader seemingly vanished from the historical record. They explore the clash between the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and later Norse sagas, the political fragmentation of the Uí Ímair, and the rise of Guthrum as a successor. Along the way, they consider the possibility that Ivar died of natural causes and was buried with full honors at Repton, and what that means for how we understand the sagas. This episode is for anyone who wants to understand the hard evidence behind the legend.

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