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The Northmen in Britain

by Eleanor Hull

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Foreword
  3. 3Authorities
  4. 4The Age of the Vikings
  5. 5Chapter II — The Saga of Ragnar Lodbrog, or “Hairy-breeks”
  6. 6Chapter III — The Call for Help
  7. 7Chapter IV — Alfred the Great (Born 849; Reigned 871–901)
  8. 8Chapter V — Harald Fairhair, First King of Norway, and the Settleme…
  9. 9Chapter VI — The Northmen in Ireland
  10. 10Chapter VII — The Expansion of England
  11. 11Chapter VIII — King Athelstan the Great (925–940)
  12. 12Chapter IX — The Battle of Brunanburh
  13. 13Chapter X — Two Great Kings Trick Each Other
  14. 14Chapter XI — King Hakon the Good
  15. 15Chapter XII — King Hakon Forces His People to Become Christians
  16. 16Chapter XIII — The Saga of Olaf Trygveson
  17. 17Chapter XIV — King Olaf’s Dragon-ships
  18. 18Chapter XV — Wild Tales From the Orkneys
  19. 19Chapter XVI — Murtough of the Leather Cloaks
  20. 20Chapter XVII — The Story of Olaf the Peacock (From Laxdæla Saga)
  21. 21Chapter XVIII — The Battle of Clontarf
  22. 22Chapter XIX — Yule in the Orkneys, 1014
  23. 23Chapter XX — The Story of the Burning (Nial’s Saga)
  24. 24Chapter XXI — Things Draw on to an End
  25. 25Chapter XXII — The Reign of Sweyn Forkbeard
  26. 26Chapter XXIII — The Battle of London Bridge “London Bridge Is Broke…
  27. 27Chapter XXIV — Canute the Great (1017–1035)
  28. 28Chapter XXV — Canute Lays Claim to Norway
  29. 29Chapter XXVI — Hardacanute
  30. 30Chapter XXVII — Edward the Confessor (1042–1066)
  31. 31Chapter XXVIII — King Harold, Godwin’s Son, and the Battle of Stamf…
  32. 32Chapter XXIX — King Magnus Barelegs Falls in Ireland
  33. 33Chapter XXX — The Last of the Vikings
  34. 34Chronology

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