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Olaf Tryggvason: Viking Warlord or Christian King?

Gone Medieval by History Hit

Jul 31, 202657:34Society & Culture

Matt Lewis and guest Dr Eleanor Barraclough as they dive into the turbulent world of late 10th-century Scandinavia and the extraordinary life of Olaf Tryggvason. Exiled, enslaved, raider, and eventually king of Norway, O...

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