And after the first binge-drinking Danish Vikings got to Britain in the eighth century, the DNA of these bloodthirsty buccaneers who raped and pillaged their way to glory got into the British gene ...

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By 430 AD his followers had built the first Christian church in Scotland, at Whithorn. Gildas, a British monk, (circa 504-570 AD) wrote that the Angles and Saxons received a great setback at Mount ...

It has been suspected that Viking blood was in the British DNA before the hordes raided in earnest from the 8th century Credit: mikroman6/Moment RF The team discovered a Scandinavian buried in a ...

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the only example in the British Isles. The contrast to the inhumation – full skeleton - burials at Repton is striking and may indicate cultural differences within the Viking army. "After this ...

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Vikings have long had a special place in British lore (Picture: Getty Images) The Vikings were, among other things, Nordic raiders, plunderers and slaughterers intent on conquering England.