Judging by the events depicted on screen, however, almost the entirety of Vikings' first four seasons takes place during The Last Kingdom's time jump. Regardless, it's hardly useful information since Vikings creator Michael Hirst has little regard for dates. Any information you publish in a comment, profile, work, or Content that you post or import onto AO3 including in summaries, notes and tags, will be accessible. The Last Kingdom provides us with plenty of dates for the action, whereas Vikings is more miserly with this intel.
We cut past most of Uhtred's childhood and pick up with him again when he's on the verge of returning to Saxon life (under duress) as a warlord sworn to King Alfred of Wessex (David Dawson). Ragnar's discovery and sack of Lindisfarne is hailed as a great victory for Norway, an accomplishment that eventually leads to him taking control of Kattegat and becoming Norway's most famous king.Īt this point, it seems like the two series are aligned, but The Last Kingdom launches into a time jump. Ragnar Lothbrok ( Travis Fimmel) leads a raiding party from Kattegat all the way across the sea to England. It's often argued that Vikings is historically more accurate than The Last Kingdom, but that's not necessarily true.
The series chronicles the lives of the legendary hero Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons. Vikings also depicts this raid, but from the Scandinavian perspective. Vikings takes place during the late 8th and early 9th centuries, a time right before Nordic warriors had made it to the shores of England.
