Dragon lords
Subtitle: the history and legends of Viking England
By: Eleanor Parker
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781784537869
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Vikings; History
Other titles: History and legends of Viking England
Description: "Why did the Vikings sail to England? Were they indiscriminate raiders, motivated solely by bloodlust and plunder? One narrative, the stereotypical one, might have it so. But locked away in the buried history of the British Isles are other, far richer and more nuanced, stories; and these hidden tales paint a picture very different from the ferocious pillagers of popular repute"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-255) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 'From the north comes all that is evil': Vikings, kings and saints, c.985-1100; title: The sons of Ragnar Lothbrok; title: The story of Siward; title: Danish sovereignty and the right to rule; title: 'Over the salt sea to England': Havelok and the Danes; title: Epilogue: The Danes in English folklore.