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Victims of the Vikings (2020)

6.6 | Dec 22, 2020 (DE) | Documentary, History, TV Movie | 00:52

While Vikings have been celebrated as heroic explorers and conquerors, they have a dark history as slavers and human traffickers, the extent of which is being uncovered through archaeology.

Adventurers, explorers and conquerors: the Vikings are considered the greatest heroes of the Middle Ages. Is this interpretation justified? In fact, they left a far darker and lesser-known mark on history: they were ruthless slavers, human traffickers and hostage-takers. „Victims of the Vikings“ is the first TV documentary to investigate this infamous and often horrifying aspect of the Nordic warriors.

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Cat Williams
Melkorka
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Brian Comerford
Old Findan
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Joseph Palmer
Irish Slave
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Piotr Markiewicz
Viking Chief
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Martin Gilligan
Irish Man 2
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John Heathwood
Slave Trader