[{"n": "Ragnar Lodbrok", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/ragnar-lodbrok/", "s": "Legendary Viking hero and king of Sweden and Denmark."}, {"n": "Erik the Red", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/erik-the-red/", "s": "Norse explorer who founded Greenland's first European settlement."}, {"n": "Harald Hardrada", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/harald-hardrada/", "s": "King of Norway whose death marked the end of the Viking Age."}, {"n": "Cnut the Great", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/cnut-the-great/", "s": "King of England, Denmark, and Norway; ruler of the North Sea Empire."}, {"n": "Rollo", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/rollo/", "s": "First ruler of Normandy, Viking leader who secured lands through the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte."}, {"n": "Ivar the Boneless", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/ivar-the-boneless/", "s": "Viking leader who invaded England and Ireland."}, {"n": "Bjorn Ironside", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/bjorn-ironside/", "s": "Norse Viking chief and legendary son of Ragnar Lodbrok, attested in 855 and 858."}, {"n": "The longship", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/the-longship/", "s": "Clinker-built Norse warships used for raiding, exploration, and commerce."}, {"n": "The Danelaw", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/the-danelaw/", "s": "Region of England under Danish law after Viking conquest."}, {"n": "Lindisfarne", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/lindisfarne/", "s": "Tidal island and historic centre of Celtic Christianity."}, {"n": "Scandinavian York", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/scandinavian-york/", "s": "Viking-ruled kingdom in northern England, centered on York."}, {"n": "The Varangian Guard", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/the-varangian-guard/", "s": "Elite foreign bodyguards of the Byzantine emperors."}, {"n": "Berserkers", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/berserkers/", "s": "Scandinavian warriors who fought in a trance-like fury."}, {"n": "Runestones", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/runestones/", "s": "Raised stones with runic inscriptions, mostly from the late Viking Age."}, {"n": "The Viking Age", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/the-viking-age/", "s": "Norsemen expanded across Europe and reached North America during the Viking Age."}, {"n": "L'Anse aux Meadows", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/l-anse-aux-meadows/", "s": "The only undisputed Norse site in North America outside Greenland."}, {"n": "The Great Heathen Army", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/the-great-heathen-army/", "s": "Unlike earlier Viking raids on monasteries and centers of wealth, this force was much larger and aimed to conq"}, {"n": "Vinland", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/vinland/", "s": "The Norse name for a part of coastal North America, explored around AD 1000."}, {"n": "Freydis Eiriksdottir", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/freydis-eiriksdottir/", "s": "The formidable Viking woman of the Vinland sagas"}, {"n": "Harald Fairhair", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/harald-fairhair/", "s": "First King of Norway according to medieval tradition, but his historicity is debated."}, {"n": "Norse colonization of North America", "u": "/e/the-viking-age/norse-colonization-of-north-america/", "s": "Norse explorers settled Greenland and briefly reached North America."}]