Northmen : the Viking saga, AD 793-1241 /
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. Focusing on key events, including the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 and the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, medieval history...
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New York :
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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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.