Bibliograph

Northmen, the Viking saga, AD 793-1241, John Haywood

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Northmen, the Viking saga, AD 793-1241, John Haywood

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-369) and index

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illustrationsplatesmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Northmen

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

950751063

Responsibility statement

John Haywood

Sub title

the Viking saga, AD 793-1241

Summary

"From Finland to Newfoundland and Jelling to Jerusalem, follow in the wake of the Vikings--a transformative story of a people that begins with paganism and ends in Christendom. In AD 800, the Scandinavians were just barbarians in longships. Though they held sway in the north, their power meant little more than the ability to pillage and plunder, which they did to bolster their status at home. But as these Norse warriors left their strongholds to trade, raid, and settle across wide areas of Europe, Asia, and the North Atlantic, their violent and predatory culture left a unique imprint on medieval history. The twist that no one predicted, however, was a much slower, insidious takeover than any the Vikings would execute, and by a turn of the tide, they themselves became its target. For as they made their mark on Europe, Europe made its mark on them. By the year 1200, what remained of the Vikings pagan origins floated beneath the surface and the strong, strange territories of the north had become a part of Latin Christendom"--Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Thule, Nydam and Gamla Uppsala : the origin of the Vikings -- Lindisfarne, Athelney, and York : the Vikings in England, 789-954 -- Dorestad, Paris, and Rouen : the Vikings in Francia, 799-939 -- Iona, Dunkeld, and Orkney : Vikings in Scotland, 795-1064 -- Dublin and Cashel : the Vikings in Ireland, 795-1014 -- Seville and Luni : Vikings in Spain and the Mediterranean, 844-61 -- Kiev, Constantinople, and Bolghar : Vikings in Eastern Europe to 1041 -- Thingvellir, Brattahlid, and L'Anse aux Meadows : the Norse in the North Atlantic, 835-1000 -- Maldon, London, and Stamford Bridge : England's second Viking Age, 978-1085 -- Hedeby, Jelling, and Stiklestad : the Scandinavian kingdoms to 1100 -- Palermo, Jerusalem, and Tallinn : from Viking to Crusader -- Largs, Reykholt, and Hvalsey : the Viking twilight -- Chronology -- Viking kings and rulers, c. 800-1100

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