When a Viking Teenager Conquered England

Ebbs of History · Sep 10, 2026 · 41m · transcript

A runaway Viking teenager. A ghost king with a spear. A queen who out-negotiated an empire. In 1013, England is falling apart — and one eighteen-year-old is about to change the course of European history. Episode 1 of our six-part journey to the Norman Conquest starts here.

Primary

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle — https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/657

Heimskringla, Snorri Sturluson (Laing translation) — https://www.gutenberg.org/files/598/598-h/598-h.htm

Encomium Emmae Reginae — Fordham Internet Medieval Sourcebook (primary-source hub) — https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/sbook.asp — BYU EuroDocs, Britain…