How Vikings Conquered the World

Vikings plundered and pillaged villages on just about every European coast they could reach. However, today we explore the continual influence of Vikings and the Scandinavian people who descended from them. Guest: Arthur Herman, author of "The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World"

A crowd-sourced dig team unearthed a board game piece on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne in the UK, connecting early Christianity with the Vikings. Guest: David Petts, Associate Professor of Archaeology at Durham University; member of the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies