Greg Jenner is joined in medieval Scandinavia by historian Dr Eleanor Barraclough and comedian Chloe Petts to learn about the ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...

Vikings are often depicted as warmongering seafarers from Scandinavia, men who set out on expeditions to plunder distant lands. The lives of women of the Viking age factor less into the fantasy; many ...

“Bellyfull.” “Unlight.” “A woman walking not alone.” These are all terms once used to describe pregnancy in the Viking Age, which has been a long-neglected subject in the study of Viking history. Now, ...