Vikings: The Making of an Empire
Program Details
Meet the visionary Vikings who changed the course of European history.
Propelling viewers a thousand years back in time, Vikings: The Making of an Empire is an immersive journey that chronicles the epic rise and fall of history’s first-and-only Viking empire.
Based on the latest in archaeology, and featuring a CGI map and dramatic reconstructions, this premium documentary series explores the expansionist ambitions of three power-hungry generations. Crisscrossing Europe, it reveals how the little-known Bluetooth Dynasty united a series of fragmented pagan territories into a unified Nordic powerhouse in just a century.
Harald Bluetooth, his son Sven Forkbeard, and grandson Cnut the Great, were larger-than-life conquerors who built a sophisticated culture that transformed the image of Vikings from fearsome marauders to respectable Christian rulers. Featuring contributions by the world’s leading experts, it’s a riveting story of power, betrayal, and ambition that changed the course of history.
