Preface

The Country and Its Resources

Scandinavia in Prehistoric Times, The Stone Age

The Bronze Age

The Iron Age

The Migrations

The People

The Dawn of Historic Norway

The Early Viking Expeditions

The Vikings in Ireland and in the Islands

The Vikings in France and Spain

The Vikings in England

Alfred the Great and the Vikings

Names Applied to the Vikings

Struggle Between Norsemen and Danes in Ireland

The Viking Expeditions Eastward. Founding of the Russian Kingdom. The Varangians in Constantinople

Life and Culture in the Viking Age

Causes of the Viking Expeditions

Towns and Commerce

Dress, Houses, Food, and Drink