The Cross and the Hammer: A Tale of the Days of the Vikings

by H. Bedford-Jones

THE CROSS AND
THE HAMMER

A Tale of the Days of the Vikings

By H. BEDFORD-JONES

PUBLISHED BY
DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING Co.
ELGIN, ILLINOIS

COPYRIGHT, 1912.
BY DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING Co.,
ELGIN, ILLINOIS.

CONTENTS.

I. [How the Vow Was Made]
II. [The Shooting Match]
III. [Jarl Hakon of Norway]
IV. [The Rescue in the Bay]
V. [The Escape from Thrandheim]
VI. [Hiorunga Bay]
VII. [How Vagn Kept His Vow]
VIII. ["Skoal to King Olaf!"]
IX. [How Astrid Fared Forth]
X. [Farewell to Dublin]
XI. [At Ethelred's Court]
XII. [The Flight From London]
XIII. [Alfred of Mercia]
XIV. [In Bretland]
XV. [In Winter Quarters]
XVI. [An Ambuscade]
XVII. [Ketil Turns Up]
XVIII. [A Mission for the King]
XIX. [At King Svein's Court]
XX. [The King and the Towel]
XXI. [The Death of Hakon]
XXII. [The Sacrifice To Thor]
XXIII. [How the Chiefs Were Baptized]
XXIV. [Olaf's Atonement]
XXV. [The Wrestling Match]
XXVI. [The Cross and the Hammer]

FOREWORD.

This is a story about the very real people and events; if ever you chance to read the old Sagas of Norway you will come upon most of the characters of this tale. The viking age was not Christian, it was full of the clash of arms and of unknightly deeds, yet its story is vitally interesting.