Vikings- The Nordic Saga

Emma of Normandy was the most powerful woman of her age. A Danish princess, Norman duchess, and queen of England, she wielded influence over two kingdoms and shaped the fate of a dynasty. In this bonus episode, we trace how one woman secured the Norman legacy, protected her son William the Conqueror, and left an indelible mark on the 1066 convergence that defined medieval Europe.

For nearly 500 years, Norse men and women — the descendants of Erik the Red — lived at the very edge of the habitable world, farming a thin green margin between the ice and the sea. They built churches and farms, elected their assembly, traded walrus ivory with Europe. And then they simply vanished. This haunting epilogue explores the greatest mystery in the Viking story: the slow strangulation of...