Ragnar Lothbrok: The Real History Behind the Legend

For anyone coming with us through these conversations about Northern Europe and the Viking Age, we have spent considerable time untangling the saga literature from the actual chronicles. We have looked at his sons, the Raven Banner, Dublin, and even Lagertha. But who was Ragnar himself? In this episode, we strip away the myth of Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye and the television dramatizations to look at the historical core. We examine the Frankish Annals where a leader named Regnherus or Reginherus attacks Paris in 845. We trace his possible roots to Sweden’s Mälaren Valley and his relationship with King Harald Fairhair. We discuss the debate between Snorri Sturluson’s literary inventions and the sparse but real entries in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Annals of St. Bertin. Join Lucas and Luna as they separate the man from the myth.

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