ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |40 pages

Introduction

part I|102 pages

The Lands of the Vikings

chapter I|20 pages

Early Scandinavia and Denmark

chapter II|16 pages

The North Germans

chapter III|39 pages

The Birth of the Viking Nations

chapter IV|26 pages

Scandinavia and Denmark in Viking Times

part II|245 pages

The Vikings Abroad

chapter V|35 pages

Russia and the East

chapter VI|14 pages

The South and East Baltic Coasts

chapter VII|34 pages

The Western Empire

chapter VIII|47 pages

England

chapter IX|26 pages

Ireland

chapter X|23 pages

Scotland and Man

chapter XI|5 pages

Wales

chapter XII|8 pages

The Faroe Islands

chapter XIII|25 pages

Iceland

chapter XIV|9 pages

Greenland

chapter XV|18 pages

America