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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... town by Helmuth Schleder- mann , from Slesvig - Hedebys tilblivelse , I , 1966 . 175 22. Hedeby in the Tenth Century . A pictorial reconstruction by J. Aarup Jensen . This and figures 23 and 24 are reproduced from Skalk , 1963 , nr . 2 ...
... Town Seal of Bergen , c . 1300. From a photograph supplied by Asbjørn E. Herteig , by permission of Historisk Museum , Universitetet i Bergen . 34. " The seamen stood ready , many vikings eager for battle . ' Motif from a Gotland ...
... towns , developed trade routes and maintained spheres of influence , and fortified mercantile practice with piracy and conquest abroad . To go viking was a trade or profession , a means to the good life , or at least to a living . Its ...
... towns ; and can inform us with confidence of ploughed fields , cattle byres , middens , drainage systems , farmsteads and smithies . They have found warriors with their weapons , boats and horses ; merchants with scales and weights ...
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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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