Contents

THE AGE OF THE VIKINGS
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I.The First Coming of the Northmen[11]
II.The Saga of Ragnar Lodbrog, or “Hairy-breeks”[15]
III.The Call for Help[22]
IV.Alfred the Great[29]
V.Harald Fairhair, First King of Norway, and the Settlements in the Orkneys[36]
VI.The Northmen in Ireland[45]
VII.The Expansion of England[52]
VIII.King Athelstan the Great[56]
IX.The Battle of Brunanburh[65]
X.Two Great Kings trick each other[78]
XI.King Hakon the Good[82]
XII.King Hakon forces his People to become Christians[85]
XIII.The Saga of Olaf Trygveson[91]
XIV.King Olaf’s Dragon-ships[100]
XV.Wild Tales from the Orkneys[108]
XVI.Murtough of the Leather Cloaks[117]
XVII.The Story of Olaf the Peacock[122]
XVIII.The Battle of Clontarf[135]
XIX.Yule in the Orkneys, 1014[144]
XX.The Story of the Burning[157]
XXI.Things draw on to an End[166]
THE DANISH KINGDOM OF ENGLAND
XXII.The Reign of Sweyn Forkbeard[179]
XXIII.The Battle of London Bridge[186]
XXIV.Canute the Great[191]
XXV.Canute lays Claim to Norway[198]
XXVI.Hardacanute[211]
XXVII.Edward the Confessor[221]
XXVIII.King Harold, Godwin’s Son, and the Battle of Stamford Bridge[226]
XXIX.King Magnus Barelegs falls in Ireland[237]
XXX.The Last of the Vikings[244]
Chronology[249]
Index[251]