Scandinavian York: When Vikings Ruled England

There was a time when Britain ruled much of the world. But long before that, the opposite was true, when outside forces invaded and colonized the British Isles as their own. The Romans were first, then the Normans, and between these two time periods, the Norse. The last of these three came from Scandinavia in the late 8th and early 9th Centuries with the intent of setting up permanent shop, giving rise to a unique Viking state known as Jórvík, better known in English as York. Find out how they did it in this week's episode!