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The Heroic Age Of Scandinavia

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Author : Gabriel Turville-Petre
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951

The Heroic Age Of Scandinavia written by Gabriel Turville-Petre and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with Northmen categories.

Scandinavia Ancient And Modern Being A History Of Denmark Sweden And Norway

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Author : Andrew Crichton
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09

Scandinavia Ancient And Modern Being A History Of Denmark Sweden And Norway written by Andrew Crichton and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. The Heroic Age of Scandinavian History. Ancient Kings of Sweden.--Dynasty of Odin.--Expulsion of the Ynglings.--Their Character.--Ivar Vidfadme conquers Sweden.--Introduction of Christianity.--Ancient Kings of Denmark.-- The Skioldungs.-- Dan Mykillati, Founder of the Monarchy.--Battle of Bravalla and Death of Harald Hildetand.--Conflicting Accounts of Ragnar Lodbrok.--Exploits of his Sons.--Wars of the Danes with Charlemagne.--Exile and Baptism of Harald Klak.--First Christian Missionaries to Denmark.--Pious Labours of Ancharius, the Apostle of the North.--Revolution under Gorm the Old.--Progress DEGREES Christianity.--Power and Naval Resources of Harald Blaatand.-- Svend Tveskteg seizes the Throne.--His Piracies and Devastations in England.--Extensive Dominions of Knut, or Canute the Great.--Early Chronicles of Norway.--Harald Haarfager subdues all the other petty Chiefs, and becomes sole Monarch.--His Foreign Expeditions and Domestic Policy.-- Cruelties and Expulsion of Erik Blodasxe.--HakontheGood.-- His Efforts to introduce Christianity.--Opposition of the Peor pie to the new Religion.--Intrigues of Gunhilda, Widow of Erik Blodasxe.--Civil Dissensions.--Invasion and Defeat of the Danes.-- Expulsion of Hakon Jarl.-- Romantic Life of Olaf Tryggvason.--His Return to Norway and Election to the Throne.--His cruel Persecution of Idolaters, and Destruction of the Pagan Temples.--Hostilities with Denmark and Sweden.--Turbulent Reign of Olaf the Saint.--Submission of Norway to Canute the Great. After briefly relating the legend of Odin, the Ynglinga Saga proceeds to deduce the history of the dynasty of that name in Sweden during the first seven centuries of the Christian era. Of the sovereigns descended from Magog who are allege

History Of Scandinavia

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Author : T. K. Derry
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2000-04-07

History Of Scandinavia written by T. K. Derry and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-07 with History categories.

Traces the history of Scandinavian countries, emphasizing common features in their heritage.

The Heroic Age

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Author : Stratis Haviaras
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1984

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The Heroic Age

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Author : H. Munro Chadwick
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-10-20

The Heroic Age written by H. Munro Chadwick and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-20 with Poetry categories.

"The Heroic Age" by H. Munro Chadwick delves into the rich tapestry of the heroic age, offering readers an exploration of legendary figures, myths, and tales from antiquity. Chadwick's scholarship and storytelling breathe life into the heroes and heroines of ancient times, making this book an engaging and informative read for those interested in mythology, folklore, and the cultural narratives that have shaped human history.

The History Of Scandinavia Didactic Press Paperbacks

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Author : Paul C. Sinding
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-05-23

The History Of Scandinavia Didactic Press Paperbacks written by Paul C. Sinding and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-23 with categories.

In the widest sense History must be considered the knowledge, the portraying, or the total sum of all that in nature, amongst men, and in the whole circle of experiences, there is, or comes to pass, was, or came to pass, and which accordingly only can he learnt through experience or instruction. History is, consequently, the opposite of Philosophy, which is the knowledge of all needful and universal truths, comprehensible only by the mere reason. But, nevertheless, if the cultivator of History is not guided by Philosophy, or the rules of reason. History will to him be only a barren act of memory, without life or nourishment for the understanding and heart; in short, History will not be a science to him; he will not clearly comprehend the consequences of events in their pragmatical connection. "It little concerns us to know," says Rollin, "that there were once such men as Dschengischan, Caesar, Alexander, Gustavus Adolphus, Napoleon, Washington, and so on, and that they lived in this or that period, or died in this or that day; but it highly concerns us to know the steps by which they rose to the exalted pitch of grandeur we cannot but admire, what it was that constituted their glory and felicity, what were the causes of their declension and fall, and how in religious and moral respects they have influenced their own and after-ages; all of which we cannot obtain but by Philosophy, or more properly, by the Philosophy of History, through which we ascertain the causes of things or their phenomena. History itself is immense in reference to compass, circumference, and contents. A boundless ocean of facts and events lies behind us, while each day and each hour the stream of time is swelling in new and large billows of events, visions, and names; all of which, seen in the light of truth and pragmatical connection, are of exceeding interest and use. And of such great interest and use is the History of the Scandinavian Kingdoms, taken, as all History must be, in due connection with the contemporaneous History of other lands. This History is that of a brave and interesting people, which, on a large scale, has influenced the world, and is yet so little known to the United States, where I, however, rejoice at seeing much interest paid to the culture of science. A talented young American wrote, last summer, an eloquent article in the Journal of Commerce, inscribed "Scandinavian History-a Work Wanted," wherein he says: "There is a nation, even now extant, possessing as brave a History as that of the Romans, as poetic as that of the Greeks; a nation that has controlled the World's History in many things, and at many times, and whose achievements in war and in letters, are worthy the most heroic age of Rome and the most finished period of Greece; a nation whose Philosophy outran their age, and anticipated results that have been slowly occurring ever since. This reference," he says, "can be true of but one people, and that people is the Norsemen, the dwellers in Scandinavia, who lived as heroes, lords, and conquerors; who, sailing out of the ice and desolation in which they were born and nurtured, conquered England, Scotland and Ireland; ravaged Brittany and Normandy; discovered and colonized Iceland and Greenland; and they can be said, with confidence, to have crossed the Atlantic in their crazy barks, and to have discovered this very continent, before Columbus, to have anchored in Vineyard Sound, and left a monument behind them; and wheresoever they went, they went as lords and rulers. And then their religion," he continues-"what a wild, massive, manly mythology! With nothing of the soft sentimentalities of more southern people, but continent of much that revelation has assured us to be true in doctrine -preaching ever the necessity of right, and doing right-of manliness, honesty and responsibility, rewards and punishments."

Scandinavia

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883

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Heroic Sagas And Ballads

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Author : Stephen A. Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-10-18

Heroic Sagas And Ballads written by Stephen A. Mitchell and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-18 with Literary Criticism categories.

In Heroic Sagas and Ballads, Stephen A. Mitchell examines the world of the medieval Icelandic legendary sagas and their legacy in Scandinavia. Central to his argument is the view that these heroic texts should be studied in the light of the later Icelandic Middle Ages rather than that of the Viking age, although the stories, the tellers, and the audiences are clearly concerned with exactly this period of Scandinavian history. Viewing these sagas as the products of highly diverse forms of inspiration and creation—some oral, some written—Mitchell explores their aesthetic and social dimensions, demonstrating their function both as entertainment and as a literature with a more serious purpose, one with deep roots in Nordic literary consciousness. The traditions that these sagas relate possessed an importance beyond the temporal and geographical confines of medieval Iceland, and Heroic Sagas and Ballads considers the process by which these heroic materials were subsequently recast as metrical romances in Iceland and as ballads throughout the rest of Scandinavia. It is ultimately concerned with much more than just those stories that inspired such modern writers as Richard Wagner and H. Rider Haggard; its anthropological and folkloric approach to the legendary sagas shows how the extraliterary dimensions of medieval texts can be explored. Heroic Sagas and Ballads addresses issues of central importance to medievalists, folklorists, comparatists, Scandinavianists, and students of the ballad.

The History Of Scandinavia

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Author : S. A. Dunham
language : en
Publisher: Ozymandias Press
Release Date : 2018-04-11

The History Of Scandinavia written by S. A. Dunham and has been published by Ozymandias Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-11 with Travel categories.

Scandinavia prior to the tenth century is the region of romance, - of the wildest legends. These are admissible into the severe domain of history in so far only as they illustrate national opinions and manners, - the noblest part of the study. For this reason, chiefly, more have been retained in the present volume than are to be found in any preceding work on the subject. Indeed, were they rejected, nine tenths of northern history must be rejected with them.

The Boundless Sea

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Author : David Abulafia
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2019

The Boundless Sea written by David Abulafia and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Navigation categories.

"David Abulafia's new book guides readers along the world's greatest bodies of water to reveal their primary role in human history. The main protagonists are the three major oceans-the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Indian-which together comprise the majority of the earth's water and cover over half of its surface. Over time, as passage through them gradually extended and expanded, linking first islands and then continents, maritime networks developed, evolving from local exploration to lines of regional communication and commerce and eventually to major arteries. These waterways carried goods, plants, livestock, and of course people-free and enslaved-across vast expanses, transforming and ultimately linking irrevocably the economies and cultures of Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas"--