The Vikings in History

Adam of Bremen Alfred America Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals archaeological archaeologists Atlantic Bishop Bjarni Bulgars Celtic Charlemagne Charles Charles the Bald Christian Cnut coast coins Constantinople Danegeld Danelaw Danes Danevirke Danish defeat defence Denmark Dnieper Dorestad Dublin early East Anglia eastern eleventh century England English Eric Ethelred Europe European evidence excavations Faroe fjords fleet Francia Frankish Frisia Gotland Greenland Harald Hedeby historians Iceland Irish island Isles Khazars Kiev king kingdom L'Anse aux Meadows Ladoga Lake land later Leif Loire Medieval Mercia metres miles monasteries names ninth century Normandy Norse northern northmen Northumbria Norway Norwegian Novgorod Olaf peace place-names plundered probably raiders region River Russia Saga sailed Saint Scandinavian settled settlers Slavs sources stone Svein Sweden tenth town trade Varangian Viking age Viking attacks Viking period Viking raids Viking settlement Viking ships Viking-age Vinland Map Volga Wessex western winter York