A History of the VikingsRoutledge, 24 oct. 2018 - 452 pages First published in 1968. The barbarians of the distant and little-known north, of Scandinavia, that is, and of Denmark, became notorious in the ninth and tenth centuries as pests who plagued the outer fringes of the civilized This volume is an English narrative of the Vikings and their activities in the west, far north as well as east and south-east also. |
Table des matières
THE LANDS OF THE VIKINGS I EARLY SCANDINAVIA AND DENMARK | |
THE NORTH GERMANS | |
THE BIRTH OF THE VIKING NATIONS | |
SCANDINAVIA AND DENMARK IN VIKING TIMES | |
THE VIKINGS ABROAD V RUSSIA AND THE EAST | |
THE SOUTH AND EAST BALTIC COASTS | |
THE WESTERN EMPIRE | |
IRELAND | |
SCOTLAND AND | |
WALES | |
THE FAROE ISLANDS | |
ICELAND | |
GREENLAND | |
AMERICA | |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHIES | |
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