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A history of the Vikings

Gwyn Jones
Includes settlement of Iceland and Greenland and voyages to America
Print Book, English, 1968
Oxford U.P., London, 1968
xvi, 504 pages illustrations, maps, plates 23 cm
9780192850638, 0192850636
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The northern peoples to A.D. 700
The viking kingdoms to the close of the tenth century
The viking movement overseas
The viking age ends. Acknowledgments
Introduction
The northern peoples to A.D. 790: From the beginnings to the Age of Migrations
The legendary history of the Swedes and the Danes
The Viking kingdoms to the close of the tenth century: The Scandinavian community, I: diversity and unity
The historical traditions of Norway to 950
Denmark to the death of Gorm the Old
Denmark and Norway from the accession of Harald Bluetooth to the death of Olaf Tryggvason (c. 950-1000)
The Viking movement overseas: The Scandinavian community, II: aspects of society
Causes of Viking movement overseas
The movement south and south-west to 954: the British Isles, the Frankish Empire, and the Mediterranean
The movement east: the Baltic lands, Russia, Byzantium
The movement west: Iceland, Greenland, America
The Viking age ends: the Scandinavian community, III: culture and image
Svein Forkbeard, Saint Olaf, Knut the Great
The Viking kingdoms to the death of Harald Hardrach, 1066
Appendices: Runes
The Danelaw
A Rus ship-burial on the Volga
Text in English