Heroic Age of Scandinavia

Originally published in 1951, this book discusses the cultural and social developments in Scandinavian countries from the beginning of the Dark Ages to the death of S. Ólaf. It focusses on the effects of the Viking expansion and contact with other Western nations upon the Scandinavians in their native lands.

List of contents

1.Archaeology and the Classical Authorities 2. The Runes and the Old Norse Language 3. Heroes of Sweden 4. Heroes of Denmark 6. The Viking Wars of the Ninth Century 7. The Age of S. Anskar 8. Denmark in the Tenth Century 9. The Discovery of Iceland and the Faeroe Islands 10. The Civilization of the Icelandic Settlement 11. Norway under Harald Finehair 12. The Sons of Harald and Eirík 13. Ólaf Tryggvason 14. The Age of S. Ólaf 15. Scaldic Poetry and History 16. The First Icelandic Historians.

About the author

G. Turville-Petre (1908-1978) was Vigfusson Reader in Ancient Icelandic Liteature and Antiquities in the University of Oxford.

Summary

Originally published in 1951, this book discusses the cultural and social developments in Scandinavian countries from the beginning of the Dark Ages to the death of S. Ólaf. It focusses on the effects of the Viking expansion and contact with other Western nations upon the Scandinavians in their native lands.

Product details

• Authors: G. Turvillepetre, G. Turville–Petre
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781041008736
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4100873-6
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Medieval History, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Nordic culture;Scandinavian sagas;Vikings;Celtic Iron Age