Table of Contents

1 The Vikings in History; 2 Society and Religion; 3 Battle on Land and at Sea; 4 England; Ireland and Wales 789-900; 5 England, Ireland and Wales 900-1070; 6 Scotland and the Orkneys; 7 Western Europe; 8 Russia and the East; 9 Atantic Explorations and Settlements; Notes; Bibliography.

About the Author

Professor of Scandinavian Literature at Hull University.

Reviews

"[A]ccessible...This account...tenders to the reader a much fuller understanding of the nature of the people who once so troubled our shores." - David Musgrove, BBC History Magazine, 2007--Sanford Lakoff

"Its narratives are compelling and engagingly told, and based upon an intelligent reading of primary sources...it is certainly fit to be recommended to students and the 'general reader' as an up-to-date and coherent survey of this perennially attractive period." - Christopher Abram, Saga-Book