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SPOILERS Last week we saw two journeys play out on History Channel’s Vikings and this week we saw two confrontations unfold that have been simmering for a few seasons of now. First, we have a final confrontation between the warrior Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) and Queen Aslaug (Alyssa Sutherland) and the winner gets to rule over
This week’s Vikings, titled Two Journeys, is a poignant and bloody episode that brings some old favorites back into the script — and sets off a mortal face-off between a former and reigning queen who both gave the great Ragnar Lothbrok sons. Lothbrok’s first wife and, from what we see, true love of his life Lagertha
This week Real Vikings takes a look at the role women played in Norse society, with Vikings stars Katheryn Winnick and Alyssa Sutherland joining the investigation. Viking women could become self-sufficient, something that only really only happened in the last 50 years for many women in the USA and UK. Indeed it took two world wars and
History Channel’s Vikings started out being about legendary Scandinavian leader Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) and his meteoric rise to fame, but has been about so much more after his ascension reached its apex as a near god-like status. Ragnar has since become humbled with life’s failures and reminded of regretful decisions. It’s also about the
On the latest Vikings episode, The Vision, we see that Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) has to suffer a lot of indignities that a warrior laid low by defeat must endure. Spat upon, he resorts to bribery and bartering to win a motley crew of aged Viking sailors to wage a new war against King Ecbert (Linus
Real Vikings this week looks at how pagan beliefs shaped nearly every aspect of Viking life. From how they worshipped to how they fought and ruled, their complex religion influenced many of their decisions and practices. Actors from Vikings Clive Standen and Maude Hirst head to Scandinavia, where they find out that Norse paganism encompassed a broad range
SPOILER ALERT! It’s back! Finally, History’s Vikings returns to the smallscreen and we see how things have played out with Ragnar on his little wound-licking sabbatical. This History channel drama has it all, revenge served cold and hot, familial infighting, open sea calamities and warfare, with a healthy dose of unexpected deaths with a semi-historical backdrop
Join actor Clive Standen, as he joins a team of experts who examine the The Real Vikings. Standen plays Rollo in the History Channel TV series Vikings, his character is a warrior of renown being the saviour of Paris and has been made a duke for his heroism. However, there was much more to the Vikings
With Vikings due back on our screens later this month, History looks at Ivar the Boneless and also examines the rich culture created by the Vikings. Alex Hogh Andersen, who plays Ivar, talks about the dynamics at play as the four brothers grow up and says Ragnar’s return is just what Ivar needs to spur