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A history of the Vikings.

Author: Gwyn Jones
Publisher: London, New York Oxford U.P., 1968.
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Includes settlement of Iceland and Greenland and voyages to America.
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Jones, Gwyn, 1907-1999.
History of the Vikings.
London ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1968
(OCoLC)581030305
Online version:
Jones, Gwyn, 1907-1999.
History of the Vikings.
London ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1968
(OCoLC)609951365
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gwyn Jones
ISBN: 0192850636 9780192850638
OCLC Number: 395601
Language Note: Text in English.
Description: xvi, 504 pages illustrations, maps, plates 23 cm
Contents: The northern peoples to A.D. 700 --
The viking kingdoms to the close of the tenth century --
The viking movement overseas --
The viking age ends. Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
The northern peoples to A.D. 790: From the beginnings to the Age of Migrations --
The legendary history of the Swedes and the Danes --
The Viking kingdoms to the close of the tenth century: The Scandinavian community, I: diversity and unity --
The historical traditions of Norway to 950 --
Denmark to the death of Gorm the Old --
Denmark and Norway from the accession of Harald Bluetooth to the death of Olaf Tryggvason (c. 950-1000) --
The Viking movement overseas: The Scandinavian community, II: aspects of society --
Causes of Viking movement overseas --
The movement south and south-west to 954: the British Isles, the Frankish Empire, and the Mediterranean --
The movement east: the Baltic lands, Russia, Byzantium --
The movement west: Iceland, Greenland, America --
The Viking age ends: the Scandinavian community, III: culture and image --
Svein Forkbeard, Saint Olaf, Knut the Great --
The Viking kingdoms to the death of Harald Hardrach, 1066 --
Appendices: Runes --
The Danelaw --
A Rus ship-burial on the Volga.

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