The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: September 1, 1995
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780140513288
Copyright date: 1995
First sentence: At the time of the first Viking raids, strong rulers such as the Frankish Emperor Charlemagne and King Offa of Mercia had brought western Europe a level of peace and prosperity it had not enjoyed since the fall of the Roman Empire.
Table of contents: title: The causes of the Viking Age; title: Timeline; title: Part I : The origins of the Vikings.; title: The Scandinavian environment; title: Scandinavia before the Vikings; title: Pagan religion and burial; title: Part II : Scandinavia in the Viking Age.; title: From chiefdoms to kingdoms; title: Rural settlement; title: Trade and trade routes; title: Ships and seafaring; title: Viking towns; title: Women in the Viking Age; title: Part III : The Viking raids.; title: The raids begin; title: The raids intensify; title: The Vikings in the Mediterranean; title: The Franks fight back; title: The great army in England; title: The great raids on Francia; title: Wessex defended; title: The conquest of the Danelaw; title: The Kingdom of York; title: Vikings in Ireland I; title: Vikings in Ireland II; title: The Vikings in Scotland; title: Scandinavian place names in Britain; title: The Duchy of Normandy; title: The Vikings in Brittany; title: The Viking warrior; title: Part IV : The North Atlantic Saga.; title: The Faeroes and Iceland; title: The settlement of Iceland; title: Icelandic literature; title: The Vikings in Greenland; title: Voyages to Vinland; title: Part V : The Vikings in the East.; title: The Swedes in the East; title: From Scandinavian to Slav; title: Part VI : The transformation of the Vikings.; title: Raids on Æthelræd's kingdom; title: The Danes conquer England; title: The Empire of Cnut; title: The Thunderbolt of the North; title: The struggle for England; title: The Kingdom of Man and the Isles; title: The twilight of Viking Scotland; title: Scandinavia after the Vikings; title: The early Scandinavian Church; title: Viking Kings and Rulers; title: Further reading