Lars Brownworth is a historian, teacher, podcaster, and author specializing in Viking history, medieval Europe, and the Byzantine Empire.
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OUTLINE:
(00:00) &#8211; Introduction
(01:03) &#8211; Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
(08:57) &#8211; The start of the Viking Age
(18:50) &#8211; Viking military strategy, tactics &#38; technology
(32:33) &#8211; Ragnar Lothbrok
(42:00) &#8211; The Great Heathen Army
(46:42) &#8211; Rollo and Normandy
(56:54) &#8211; Viking religion and Valhalla
(1:07:25) &#8211; Viking explorers
(1:12:33) &#8211; Vikings in North America
(1:25:55) &#8211; Vikings in the East
(1:45:33) &#8211; Byzantine Empire
(1:54:17) &#8211; History and human nature
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