The Vikings /

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Corporate Author: Cornell University.
Other Authors: Farrell, Robert T.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Phillimore, 1982.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. History, art history, archaeology. The causes of the Viking Age ; The Viking image ; Stylistic aspects of the Franks casket ; Viking silver hoards : an introduction ; The emergence of urban communities in Viking Age Scandinavia ; The Vikings in the British Isles : some aspects of their settlement and economy ; The Viking settlement of Scotland : the evidence of place-names ; Viking ship vanes : their use and techniques ; Viking studies : whence and whither?
  • II. Literature. Elegy in Old England and Old Norse : a problem in literary history ; The confessions of Beowulf and the structure of Volsunga saga ; Beowulf and the Northern heroic age
  • III. The Vikings in North America. The Vikings and North America ; Norsemen in America : a select bibliography 1950-1980
  • IV. Late reflexes. William Morris and saga translation : 'The story of King Magnus, Son of Erling' ; The Viking myth.