History’s ‘Vikings’ lets women get in on the action

Here’s your first look at the warrior/ shieldmaiden Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) from the fifth season of “Vikings,” premiering Nov. 29 on History. “There are lots of historians who disputed that women fought in the shield war,” says “Vikings” creator Michael Hirst — alluding to the “Birka warrior” Viking unearthed in the 19th century and recently...