Tjängvide stone, c700 X c900 AD

Stockholm, Statens Historiska Museum

This image: Bengt A. Lundberg/SHM, CC BY 2.5 SE, via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bildsten_med_skepp_800-1099_Tj%C3%A4ngvide,_Gotland.jpg

The origins of the word ‘viking’ are uncertain, though there are certainly plenty of theories. What is clear is that by the later middle ages, it had come to describe a pirate of Scandinavian origin. In modern times, the term has expanded its meaning to encompass not only the whole of early medieval Scandinavia, but an entire era from the eighth to the eleventh centuries.

What is also not in question is the outstanding range and scope of Scandinavian conquest and settlement in that period, from the north of Canada to the shores of the Caspian Sea. Voyage with us - along with raiders and traders, warlords and farmers, poets and craftsmen - as we chart the history of a remarkable people.

7 weeks, Friday 6 October - Friday 24 November (incl., with half-term break on 3 November).

RJW F2322

Registration: £85 per person

NB This is a freelance course, and cannot be run as Robert’s in-venue courses have been in the past. So that we can establish whether we are able to run the course without making a financial loss, we’d be grateful if you could complete your registration with payment within 14 days of booking. Payment is via BACS or cheque (details for which will be sent when we receive your booking).

Should the course not attract sufficient interest to run, we’ll contact all who have registered, and full refunds will be issued.

If you have not registered beforehand and want to turn up and pay on the day, please be aware that the course will not run if there are not enough registrations to render it feasible. You are, of course, very welcome to decide to attend at the last minute, but do please be sure to contact us before making any plans or journeys, to check that it is indeed taking place as we hope that it will.