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.
2020 · 0h 52m · Documentary, History, TV Movie
Genres: Documentary, History, TV Movie
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.
Director: Stefan Ludwig
Writers: Stefan Ludwig, Gernot Lercher