Vikings (2019) Ragnar And King Horik Raid The Monastery Of Winchester

(Season 2 Episode 3 “Treachery”) - Treachery is the third episode of the second season of Vikings. It is the twelfth episode of the series overall. It first aired on March 13, 2014. It was written by creator Michael Hirst and directed by Ken Girotti. - Ragnar, King Horik, and the other Northmen approach the monastery of Winchester, which according to Athelstan holds a big treasury.Meanwhile, King Ecbert gives his son Aethelwulf the assignment of building an army and scouting the Northmen to seek out their numbers and intentions. Lagertha, now married to Earl Sigvard of Hedeby, is displeased with her new husband for insulting her son Bjorn. Sigvard says he loves her son, but Lagertha replies he doesn't know how to love anyone, and he hits her. Ragnar and his raiding party moves towards Winchester. They are spotted and the townspeople hide inside the church, while defending soldiers take their stand against the Northmen. They are easily defeated by the Vikings. Inside the church, the Northmen find no treasure, but Athelstan reveals that they are hidden underneath a table on the altar. Besides treasure, they find parts of the skeleton of a saint. The Vikings continue seeking other buildings for treasure and killing any civilians they come across. Athelstan enters a room where holy papers are kept. When he is about to write on one with a feather and ink, he is confronted by a monk which Athelstan kills in fright, much to his shock. The bishop of Winchester, Bishop Swithun, enters and Athelstan tells him to hide before the Northmen discover him. The bishop recognizes him as one of their own and says he will be punished for his betrayal of Christianity. Floki enters and takes the bishop with him. The Northmen under King Horik's command take off his clothes and torture him by shooting arrows at him, to Athelstan's disgust. Ragnar and the other Vikings are searching another building when he discovers a boy hiding. He conceals him with a blanket before the others see him t..