A History of the VikingsOxford University Press, 1973 - 504 sider Draws on a host of scientific disciplines to evolve an extensive, authoritative historical composite of the Viking Age. |
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Side 86
... Snorri relies almost exclusively on legend , folktale , and dreams . But we can accept that Halfdan was a warlike , acquisitive , intelligent , and powerful ruler over the Vest- fold territories . That he was more powerful than some of ...
... Snorri relies almost exclusively on legend , folktale , and dreams . But we can accept that Halfdan was a warlike , acquisitive , intelligent , and powerful ruler over the Vest- fold territories . That he was more powerful than some of ...
Side 138
... Snorri's brilliantly compulsive narrative , are entirely or in large measure fictitious . For whereas Adam of Bremen was concerned to denigrate Olaf , Snorri's aim was to glorify him , to which end he employed what suited him in ...
... Snorri's brilliantly compulsive narrative , are entirely or in large measure fictitious . For whereas Adam of Bremen was concerned to denigrate Olaf , Snorri's aim was to glorify him , to which end he employed what suited him in ...
Side 241
... Snorri in his Ynglinga Saga speaks of Swedish and other northern kings raiding there , more particularly in Estland , the country south of the Gulf of Finland , not long after the deaths of the Uppland king Athils and the Dane Hrolf ...
... Snorri in his Ynglinga Saga speaks of Swedish and other northern kings raiding there , more particularly in Estland , the country south of the Gulf of Finland , not long after the deaths of the Uppland king Athils and the Dane Hrolf ...
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From the Beginnings to the Age of Migrations | 17 |
The Legendary History of the Swedes and the Danes | 47 |
Diversity and Unity | 59 |
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