A History of the VikingsOxford University Press, 2001 - 504 sider "An utterly splendid book, quite the most brilliantly written, balanced, and explanative general work on the Vikings ever to appear in English or in any language."-- Scandinavian Studies The subject of this book is the Viking realms, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, their civilization and culture, and their many sided achievements at home and abroad. |
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... , Copenhagen . ( Cf. text figure , no . 15. ) 10. Lindholm Høje , the settlement and cemetery from the air . Photo H. Stiesdal , Nationalmuseet , Copenhagen . 11. Gamla Uppsala , the mounds from the air . List of Illustrations.
... Uppsala - Bild , Uppsala . 12. The oldest Danish coins from the Viking Age . Photo Nationalmuseet , Copenhagen . 13. Carved and pictured stone from Lärbro , Gotland . Photo Nils Lagergren , ATA , Statens Historiska Museum , Stockholm ...
... Uppsala . From D. M. Wilson and O. Klindt - Jensen , Viking Art , by kind permission of Mrs. Eva Wilson . 4. Pictured stone from Alstad , Toten , Norway . Universitetets Oldsaksamling , Oslo . From D. M. Wilson and O. Klindt- Jensen ...
... Uppsala while they held sword in hand , or died while the drengs besieged Hedeby ; inscriptions to fathers , mothers , wives and husbands , and many a mourned - for son ; inscriptions to comrades . A whole saga of viking endeavour ...
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From the Beginnings to the Age of Migrations | 17 |
The Legendary History of the Swedes and the Danes | 34 |
THE VIKING KINGDOM TO THE CLOSE OF THE TENTH CENTURY | 57 |
The Scandinavian Community I Diversity and Unity | 59 |
The Historical Traditions of Norway to 950 | 78 |
Denmark to the Death of Gorm the Old | 97 |
Denmark and Norway from the Accession of Harold Bluetooth to the Death of Olaf Tryggvason c 9501000 | 118 |
THE VIKING MOVEMENT OVERSEAS | 143 |
THE VIKING AGE ENDS | 313 |
The Scandinavian Community II Culture and Image | 315 |
Svein Forkbeard Saint Olaf and Knut the Great | 354 |
The Viking Kingdoms to the Death of Harald Hardradi 1066 | 387 |
Appendixes | 417 |
Runes | 419 |
The Danelaw | 421 |
A Rus ShipBurial on the Volga | 425 |
The Scandinavian Community II Aspects of Society | 145 |
Causes of the Viking Movement Overseas | 182 |
The Movement South and SouthWest to 954 the British Isles the Frankish Empire the Mediterranean | 204 |
The Movement East The Baltic Lands Russia Byzantium | 241 |
The Movement West Iceland Greenland America | 269 |
Supplementary Booklist 1984 | 430 |
Select Bibliography | 431 |
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