How the Vikings menaced the Mediterranean
Thomas Williams takes listeners inside the Viking world, showing how their raids stretched from the cooler north to the sun-soaked south
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Show Notes
Killing, burning, pillaging, enslaving. Even when heading to sunnier climes, Viking raiders deployed the same tactics that they had used along the shores of northern and western Europe, as this Long Read written by Thomas Williams reveals.
Today's feature originally appeared in the January 2026 issue of HistoryExtra Magazine, and has been voiced in partnership with the RNIB.
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