A history of the Vikings /
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| Author / Creator: | Jones, Gwyn, 1907-1999 |
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| Edition: | Rev. ed. |
| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1984. |
| Description: | xviii, 504 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford paperbacks |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/624726 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. The Northern Peoples to AD 700
- 1. From Beginnings to the Age of Migrations
- 2. The Legendary History of the Swedes and the Danes 1.
- Part 2. The Viking Kingdoms to the Close of the Tenth Century The Scandinavian Community, I: Diversity and Unity
- 2. The Historical Traditions of Norway to 950
- 3. Denmark to the Death of Gorm the Old
- 4. Denmark and Norway from the Accession of Harald Bluetooth to the Death of Olaf Tryggvason
- Part 3. The Viking Movement Overseas
- 1. The Scandinavian Community, II: Aspects of Society
- 2. Causes of the Viking Movement Overseas
- 3. The Movement South and South-West to 954: the British Isles, the Frankish Empire, the Mediterranean
- 4. The Movement East: The Baltic Lands, Russia, Byzantium
- 5. The Movement West: Iceland, Greenland, America
- Part 4. The Viking Age Ends
- 1. The Scandinavian Community III: Culture and Image
- 2. Svein Forkbeard, Saint Olaf, Knut the Great
- 3. The Viking Kingdoms to the Death of Harald Hardradi, 1066