23 - 29 June 2025 - Broad Chalke, Salisbury
Included
Step beyond the myths – it’s time to meet the real Vikings. Historian Eleanor Barraclough will uncover the hidden histories of merchants, artisans, travellers, and children – the people who truly shaped the Viking Age. From doodles on birch-bark to messages from frustrated wives, these everyday traces reveal a vast and complex world, that spanned centuries. This is not just a tale of warriors and kings, but of ordinary lives in an extraordinary era. Join this fascinating journey into the Viking past from its Scandinavian heartlands, all the way to the Byzantine Empire and Islamic Caliphate.
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