The Penguin Historical Atlas of the VikingsPenguin Publishing Group, 1995 - 144 oldal Viking marauders in their longships burst through the defences of ninth-century Europe, striking terror into the hearts of peasants and rulers alike for two centuries. But the Vikings were more than just marine warriors and this atlas shows their development as traders and craftsmen, explorers, settlers and mercenaries. With over sixty full colour maps, it follows the tracks of the Viking merchants who travelled deep into Russia, of Viking mercenaries who served in the emperor’s bodyguard at Constantinople, and Viking mariners who sailed beyond the edge of the known world to North America. |
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49. oldal
... defences still exist , and are 2180 yards in length . Defences would not have been built unless the men were available to man them - walls that were too long to be manned properly would have been worse than useless . As the total number ...
... defences still exist , and are 2180 yards in length . Defences would not have been built unless the men were available to man them - walls that were too long to be manned properly would have been worse than useless . As the total number ...
54. oldal
... defences for his kingdom ; in the following year the famous monastery on Lindisfarne was pillaged . The first raids ... defences . However , in the 830s , the empire was riven by internal conflicts , and its defences weakened . By 840 ...
... defences for his kingdom ; in the following year the famous monastery on Lindisfarne was pillaged . The first raids ... defences . However , in the 830s , the empire was riven by internal conflicts , and its defences weakened . By 840 ...
55. oldal
... defences , London Winchester Valcheren 837 794 Jarrow York Humber 837 Vikings storm Frankish fort , killing or capturing emperor's closest advisers 810 Rastringen granted to exiled Danish King Harald Klak by Louis the Pious in 826 834-7 ...
... defences , London Winchester Valcheren 837 794 Jarrow York Humber 837 Vikings storm Frankish fort , killing or capturing emperor's closest advisers 810 Rastringen granted to exiled Danish King Harald Klak by Louis the Pious in 826 834-7 ...
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The Causes of the Viking Age 8 | 8 |
The Origins of the Vikings | 17 |
Scandinavia in the Viking Age | 29 |
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10th century Æthelræd Anglo-Saxon Baltic battle Birka built burial Byzantine campaigns centre Christianity church Cnut Cnut's coast coastal conquered conquest Constantinople Danegeld Danelaw Danes Danevirke Danish Danish King defences Denmark Earldom East Anglia eastern empire England English Erik Erik Bloodaxe exile Faeroes farms Fjord fortified Francia Frankish Frisia Godfred Götar Gotland Greenland Harald Harald Hardrada Hebrides Hedeby Iceland invaded Irish Iron Age island Isles Jutland Kiev Kievan killed Kingdom of York land Loire Magnus Mercia monasteries Muslim Normandy Norse North Northumbria Norwegian Novgorod Olaf Tryggvason Orkney pagan period placenames plunder population probably ravaged Ribe rivers routes royal ruler sacked Saga sail Saxon Scandinavian Scotland settle settlement settlers silver Slavic Slavs Svear Svein Forkbeard Sweden towns trade victory Viking activity Viking age Viking army Viking attacks Viking expansion Viking fleets Viking raids Viking ships Viking-age warriors Wessex western Europe winter