Ivar and Björn Avenge Ragnar's Death // 12th Century Extracts from Saxo Grammaticus and Krákumál

Here we have two extracts - one from Krákumál, a medieval Scottish poem from the 12th century giving the final words of Ragnar Lothbrok - and an extract from the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, which relates what happened next - and the bloody punishment his sons meted out upon his killer.

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