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The Viking Saint
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Author : John Carr
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2022-07-28
The Viking Saint written by John Carr and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Vikings and sainthood are not concepts normally found side by side. But Norway’s King Olaf II Haraldsson (c. 995-1030) embodied both to an extraordinary degree. As a battle-eager teenager he almost single-handedly pulled down London Bridge (as in the nursery rhyme) and took part in many other Viking raids . Olaf lacked none of the traditional Viking qualities of toughness and audacity, yet his routine baptism grew into a burning missionary faith that was all the more remarkable for being combined with his typically Viking determination and energy – and sometimes ruthlessness as well. His overriding mission was to Christianize Norway and extirpate heathenism. His unstinting efforts, often at great peril to his life, earned him the Norwegian throne in 1015, when he had barely reached his twenties. For the next fifteen years he laboured against immense odds to subdue the rebellious heathen nobles of Norway while fending off Swedish hostility. Both finally combined against Olaf in 1030, when he fell bravely in battle not far from Trondheim, still only in his mid-thirties. After his body was found to possess healing powers, and reports of them spread from Scandinavia to Spain and Byzantium, Olaf II was canonized a saint 134 years later. He remains Norway’s patron saint as well as a legendary warrior. Yet more remarkably, he remains a saint not only of the Protestant church but also of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches – perhaps the only European fighting saint to achieve such acceptance.
The Viking Saint
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Author : John Carr
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2022-07-28
The Viking Saint written by John Carr and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Vikings and sainthood are not concepts normally found side by side. But Norway’s King Olaf II Haraldsson (c. 995-1030) embodied both to an extraordinary degree. As a battle-eager teenager he almost single-handedly pulled down London Bridge (as in the nursery rhyme) and took part in many other Viking raids . Olaf lacked none of the traditional Viking qualities of toughness and audacity, yet his routine baptism grew into a burning missionary faith that was all the more remarkable for being combined with his typically Viking determination and energy – and sometimes ruthlessness as well. His overriding mission was to Christianize Norway and extirpate heathenism. His unstinting efforts, often at great peril to his life, earned him the Norwegian throne in 1015, when he had barely reached his twenties. For the next fifteen years he laboured against immense odds to subdue the rebellious heathen nobles of Norway while fending off Swedish hostility. Both finally combined against Olaf in 1030, when he fell bravely in battle not far from Trondheim, still only in his mid-thirties. After his body was found to possess healing powers, and reports of them spread from Scandinavia to Spain and Byzantium, Olaf II was canonized a saint 134 years later. He remains Norway’s patron saint as well as a legendary warrior. Yet more remarkably, he remains a saint not only of the Protestant church but also of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches – perhaps the only European fighting saint to achieve such acceptance.
Ol F
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Author : Morten Myklebust
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Ol F written by Morten Myklebust and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Norway categories.
Tells, in comic book fashion, the story of Olaf Haraldsson (St. Olaf.).
Saint Magnus
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Author : Susan Peek
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-01-31
Saint Magnus written by Susan Peek and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-31 with categories.
At last, the long-awaited third book by the highly acclaimed Catholic novelist Susan Peek. In this new fast-paced novel, the premier in her series God's Forgotten Friends, Mrs. Peek transports us back, as only she can, to a place and age all but lost in the mists of time. The conflict unfolds between Magnus Erlendson, a heroic young prince aflame with the love of God, and his outlawed cousin Hakon, who blames Magnus for his banishment from their kingdom. What follows is a tale of betrayal and revenge, bravery and forgiveness, as Magnus seeks to restore his father's vanquished kingdom to its rightful hands. Entertaining and inspiring from start-to-finish, a must-read for all those who thrill to learn the life of a saint we never knew existed!
Holy Vikings
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Author : Carl Phelpstead
language : en
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
Release Date : 2007
Holy Vikings written by Carl Phelpstead and has been published by Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Viking Princess Christian Saint
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Author : Rune Edberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Viking Princess Christian Saint written by Rune Edberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.
The Sword Of Saint Isidores
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Author : David Thomas Kay
language : en
Publisher: Circles of Time
Release Date : 2021-12-06
The Sword Of Saint Isidores written by David Thomas Kay and has been published by Circles of Time this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-06 with categories.
The Sword of Saint Isidores - A Viking Saga Legendary battles, Nordic mythology, romance, mystery and intrigue. Circa 926 A.D: The English King Athelstan gifts a jewelled sword to the Norwegian King Harald Fairhair and sets in place a series of events that shape the future of Norway. The sword is believed to carry a curse and affects the lives of all that come into its possession. A wayward monk and beautiful Asturian woman, are enslaved by Vikings and crave an escape to their homeland. Wilhelm, a Christian soldier of fortune and protector of the jarl, clings to his faith, surrounded by worship of the Norse Gods. Rota the psychic daughter of a sorceress roams the forest, half-crazed with disturbing visions of the future. But what is the secret from her past? Who is she protecting and why? Ragnarr, the Viking Jarl of Hordaland, reveres the jewelled sword and plans to take it with him on the emigration to the new land: The Lake District of England.
The Viking Age
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Author : Angus A. Somerville
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2014-09-22
The Viking Age written by Angus A. Somerville and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-22 with History categories.
In assembling, translating, and arranging over a hundred primary source readings, Somerville and McDonald successfully illuminate the Vikings and their world for twenty-first-century students and instructors. The diversity of the Viking Age is brought to life through the range of sources presented, and the geographical and chronological coverage of these readings. The Norse translations, many of them new to this collection, are straightforward and easily accessible, and the chapter introductions contextualize the readings while allowing the sources to speak for themselves. The second edition of this popular reader has been revised and reorganized into fourteen chapters. Nearly twenty sources have been added, including material on children, games and entertainment, and runic inscriptions, as well as new readings on the martyrdom of Alfeah, the life of Saint Findan, and the martyrdom of Saint Edmund. The reader can be paired for classroom use with its companion volume, The Vikings and Their Age, authored by Somerville and McDonald. Together, these books provide comprehensive coverage for a course on the Vikings. Additional resources, such as a detailed bibliography and instructions on reading skaldic poetry, can be found on the History Matters website (www.utphistorymatters.com).
The Greatest Viking
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Author : Desmond Seward
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Release Date : 2022-11-03
The Greatest Viking written by Desmond Seward and has been published by Birlinn Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-03 with History categories.
Raider. Conqueror. King. Saint. This is the story of Olav Haraldsson, the greatest Viking who ever lived. A ruthless Viking warrior who named his most prized battle weapon after the Norse goddess of death, Olav Haraldsson and his mercenaries wrought terror and destruction from the Baltic to Galicia in the early eleventh century. Thousands were put to the sword, enslaved or ransomed. In England, Canterbury was sacked, its archbishop murdered and London Bridge pulled down. The loot amassed from years of plunder helped Olav win the throne of Norway, and a century after his death he was proclaimed 'Eternal King' and has been a national hero there ever since. Despite his bloodthirsty beginnings, Olav converted to Christianity and, in a personal vendetta against the old Norse gods, made Norway Christian too, thereby changing irrevocably the Viking world he was born into. Told with reference to Norse sagas, early chronicles and the work of modern scholars, Desmond Seward paints an intensely vivid and colourful portrait of the life and times of arguably the greatest Viking of them all.
Viking Attacks On Paris
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Author : Abbo (Monk of St. Germain)
language : en
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Release Date : 2007
Viking Attacks On Paris written by Abbo (Monk of St. Germain) and has been published by Peeters Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
In 885 AD, the Vikings laid siege to Paris, to which a young monk named Abbo, of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres, stood as witness. Later, he came to make a record of what he saw, heard and believed in a verse chronicle, the Bella parisiacae urbis. His often stirring account speaks of the relentless and ingenious attacks of the Norsemen, the selfless heroism of the defending Frankish warriors, and the misery and terror of the besieged Parisians. But his canvas is far larger than this single occurrence, for he hints at greater things yet to come, such as the final disintegration of Carolingian rule, the eventual establishment of the Capetian line of monarchs, and the creation of a French Danelaw, namely, Normandy. Ultimately, however, Abbo is not concerned with an impartial narration of events, but rather with salvation through history - of the individual and of the nation of the Franks. The macaronic style of his chronicle very much appealed to the sensibilities of the time, thus ensuring that Abbo's work would endure.