A Brief History of the Vikings
Publisher: Constable & Robinson
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9781472107756
Subjects: Vikings; HISTORY
Description: 'From the Fury of the Northmen deliver us, O Lord.' Between the eighth and eleventh centuries, the Vikings surged from their Scandinavian homeland to trade, raid and invade along the coasts of Europe. Their influence and expeditions extended from Newfoundland to Baghdad, their battles were as far-flung as Africa and the Arctic. But were they great seafarers or desperate outcasts, noble heathens or oafish pirates, the last pagans or the first of the modern Europeans? This concise study puts medieval chronicles, Norse sagas and Muslim accounts alongside more recent research into r.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Britannia Deserta The Dark Ages; 1 Songs of the Valkyries: Myths and Legends of Scandinavia; 2 Fury of the Northmen: From the First Raids to Harald Bluetooth; 3 Great Heathen Hosts: Highlands, Islands, Ireland and England; 4 Brother Shall Fight Brother: Harald Fairhair and Sons; 5 The Road East: Vikings, Russians and Varangians; 6 Advent of the White Christ: From Harald Greycloak to Olaf Crowbone; 7 Beyond the Edge of the World: Iceland, Greenland and Vinland.; title: 8 London Bridge is Falling Down: From Svein Forkbeard to Olaf the Stout9 The Thunderbolt of the North: The Life and Legends of Harald the Ruthless; 10 Children of Thor: One Thousand Years Later; Appendix: Rulers during the Viking Age; Family Trees; Maps; Further Reading; References; Index.