The Northmen in Britain
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1. Front matter2. Foreword3. Illustrations4. Authorities5. Chapter I The First Coming of the Northmen6. Chapter II The Saga of Ragnar Lodbrog, or “Hairy-breeks”7. Chapter III The Call for Help8. Chapter IV Alfred the Great (BORN 849; REIGNED 871–901)9. Chapter V Harald Fairhair, First King of Norway, and the Settlements in the Orkneys10. Chapter VI The Northmen in Ireland11. Chapter VII The Expansion of England12. Chapter VIII King Athelstan the Great (925–940)13. Chapter IX The Battle of Brunanburh14. Chapter X Two Great Kings trick each other15. Chapter XI King Hakon the Good16. Chapter XII King Hakon forces his People to become Christians17. Chapter XIII The Saga of Olaf Trygveson18. Chapter XIV King Olaf’s Dragon-ships19. Chapter XV Wild Tales from the Orkneys20. Chapter XVI Murtough of the Leather Cloaks21. Chapter XVII The Story of Olaf the Peacock (From Laxdæla Saga)22. Chapter XVIII The Battle of Clontarf23. Chapter XIX Yule in the Orkneys, 101424. Chapter XX The Story of the Burning (Nial’s Saga)25. Chapter XXI Things draw on to an End26. THE DANISH KINGDOM OF ENGLAND (1013–1042)27. Chapter XXII The Reign of Sweyn Forkbeard28. Chapter XXIII The Battle of London Bridge “London Bridge is broken down”29. Chapter XXIV Canute the Great (1017–1035)30. Chapter XXV Canute lays Claim to Norway31. Chapter XXVI Hardacanute32. Chapter XXVII Edward the Confessor (1042–1066)33. Chapter XXVIII King Harold, Godwin’s Son, and the Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066)34. Chapter XXIX King Magnus Barelegs falls in Ireland35. Chapter XXX The Last of the Vikings36. Chronology37. Index