1. The Lindisfarne Stone. (© English Heritage)
2. Lindisfarne Abbey.
3. The Gjermundbu Helmet. (© Peter Harholdt)
4. The Gundestrup Cauldron.
5. Stone ship setting from Lindholm Høje.
6. Burial mounds at Gammla Uppsala.
7. Viking invasion fleet in Francia. (© Bibliothèque National, Paris, Bridgeman Art Library)
8. Danish invasion under Ingvar and Huba. (© Photo Pierpont Morgan Library/Art Resource/Scala, Florence)
9. The Cuerdale Hoard. (© The Art Gallery Collection/Alamy)
10. Aerial view of Jarlshof. (© Kieran Baxter)
11. The Jelling Stone.
12. Reconstructed Viking longhouse at Trelleborg.
13. Poppo carrying red-hot lump of iron, Tamdrup plaque. (© Getty Images/DEA/A. DAGLI ORTI/Contributor)
14. Thor’s hammer amulet. (© INTERFOTO/Alamy)
15. Gotland picture stone.
16. Gokstad Ship.
17. Oseberg Ship.
18. Oseberg Head. (© Hemis)
19. Sigurd roast the dragon’s heart, Hylestad carving.
20. Sigurd kills Regin, Hylestad carving.
21 Gol Stave Church.
22 Jarlabanke Bro Runestone.
23 Thingvellir assembly site.
24 Thjodhild’s Church, Brattahlid. (© Danita Delimont/Alamy)
25. Thule Inuit doll. (© Peter Harholdt)
26. Hvalsey Church, Greenland. (© Peter Stroh/Alamy)
27. Viking longhouse at L’Anse aux Meadows. (© David Muenker/Alamy)
28. The Newport Tower. (© James Nesterwitz/Alamy)
29. The Baptism of Vladimir of Kiev. (© INTERFOTO/Alamy)
30. King Cnut and Queen Emma. (©Timewatch Images/Alamy)
31 William of Normandy crosses the Channel (Bayeux Tapestry). (© The Art Archive/Alamy)
32. The death of King Harold (Bayeux Tapestry). (© Ancient Art & Architecture Collection Ltd/Alamy)
33 Norman castle at Melfi, Italy. (© Universal Images Group/DeAgostini/Alamy)
34. Viking ball, nineteenth century Stockholm. (© Nordiska museet)