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History Hit · 571 episodes with transcripts

From long-lost Viking ships to kings buried in unexpected places; from murders and power politics, to myths, religion, the lives of ordinary people: Gone Medieval is History Hit’s podcast dedicated to the middle ages, in Europe and far beyond. New episodes every Tuesday and Friday.

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Vikings vs. Pagans

October 20, 2026

Matt Lewis (0:02)

From long-lost Viking ships and kings buried in unexpected places, to tales of murder, power, faith, and the lives of ordinary people across medieval Europe and beyond. Join me, Matt Lewis, Dr Eleanor Janega, and some of the world's leading historians, as we bring history's most fascinating stories to life only on…

Hello, I'm Matt Lewis. Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, the podcast that delves into the greatest millennium in human history. We've got the most intriguing mysteries, the gobsmacking details, and latest ground breaking research from the Vikings to the printing press, from kings to popes to the crusades…

Thomas Williams (3:46)

Hi, Matt. It's great to be here.

Matt Lewis (3:48)

I think this is a topic I'm really looking forward to because, I mean, the title, the words say it all. We've got Vikings and they're not the pagans for once. And I think the tantalising thing about that for us is that we so often think of the Vikings being the pagans. They're the ones doing the pillaging against…

So I was wondering if you could start off by giving us a kind of just a big picture. Who are we talking about? When are we roughly in time and where roughly in the world are we?

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