Ragnar's Real Sons: The Great Heathen Army's Invasion

In 865, a Viking force unlike any before landed in East Anglia. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle called it the Great Heathen Army, and its leaders were said to be the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok: Ivar the Boneless, Halfdan, Ubba, and Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye. This episode digs into what we actually know about these men and their campaign. We follow the army's path from East Anglia to Northumbria and Mercia, the famous winter camps at Repton and Torksey, and the archaeological evidence that supports—or contradicts—the sagas. We also explore the historical debate: were they really Ragnar's sons, or did later writers invent that connection? Along the way, we meet the Anglo-Saxon kings who fought them, including the young Alfred the Great. This is the story of a conquest that reshaped England, told through chronicles, graves, and buried treasure.

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