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Viking Mersey
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Author : Stephen Harding
language : en
Publisher: Countyvise Ltd
Release Date : 2002
Viking Mersey written by Stephen Harding and has been published by Countyvise Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Chester (England) categories.
1100 years ago marked the start of a Viking invasion of the Mersey region, which reached out into Chester, West Lancashire and beyond. The Vikings left behind place-names like Kirkby, Kirby, Meols and Croxteth, which can also be found in Iceland, another region they were invading. This book is about these people in peace and war, their customs, traditions, pastimes, their paganism and their Christianity, their governments and their financial centre at Chester. It also includes a section on how modern genetic research is being used to discover the descendants of these Invaders in the modern day population.
Ingimund S Saga
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Author : Stephen Harding
language : en
Publisher: University of Chester
Release Date : 2016-08-31
Ingimund S Saga written by Stephen Harding and has been published by University of Chester this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-31 with History categories.
Around 1,100 years ago a group of Viking settlers from Scandinavia arrived somewhere between Þorsteinnstún (Thurstaston) and Melar (Meols) on the shores of north Wirral – a small peninsula lying between the Rivers Dee and Mersey – having been driven out of Ireland. This initiated a mass migration of their fellow countrymen into the area and soon they had established a community with a clearly defined border, its own leader, its own language, a trading port, and at its centre a place of assembly or government – the Thing at Þingvöllr (Thingwall). This community was answerable to nobody else: the English, the Welsh, the Dublin Norse, the Isle of Man, Iceland, and not even Norway. The Wirral-Norse settlement therefore satisfied all the criteria of an independent, self-governing Viking state – albeit a mini one! This book, written by Wirral-exile and scientist Steve Harding, is about these people, why they left Scandinavia, where they settled, their religion and their possible pastimes. Wirral was also probably witness to one of the greatest battles in the history of the British Isles – Brunanburh. The third edition of this highly popular book has been updated to incorporate the identification of the mysterious Dingesmere in the Battle, the importance and relation of Wirral to the wider Viking Commonwealth, including the Isle of Man, North Wales, Scotland and Ireland, together with the results from the Wirral and West Lancashire Viking DNA project, where up to 50% of the DNA of men from old Wirral and West Lancashire families appeared to be Scandinavian in origin.
Wirral And Its Viking Heritage
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Author : Paul Cavill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Wirral And Its Viking Heritage written by Paul Cavill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Vikings categories.
In Search Of Vikings
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Author : Stephen E. Harding
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2014-12-19
In Search Of Vikings written by Stephen E. Harding and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-19 with Science categories.
The Viking Age lasted a little over three centuries, but has left a lasting legacy across Europe. These dynamic warrior-traders from Scandinavia, who fought and interacted with peoples as far apart as North America, Russia, and Central Asia, are some of the most recognizable historical figures in the western world. In the modern imagination they re
Stena Line
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Author : Ian Collard
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2022-09-15
Stena Line written by Ian Collard and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-15 with Transportation categories.
With many rare and previously unpublished images this book celebrates the famous ferry operator Stena Line.
Land Sea And Home
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Author : John Hines
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-08-26
Land Sea And Home written by John Hines and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-26 with Fiction categories.
This book provides a realistic historical and geographical perspective to begin closest to the Scandinavian homelands of Vikings and the Viking ideology and material culture, by looking at new research into aspects of their use of the sea, maritime communications and trade.
Offshore Ferry Services Of England Scotland
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Author : Peter C. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2012-03-30
Offshore Ferry Services Of England Scotland written by Peter C. Smith and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-30 with Transportation categories.
The United Kingdom comprises thousands of islands and for many centuries transport between the main islands and the outlying communities has required reliable shipping routes, both long and short-haul, for commerce, trade and travel. Ferries have become an essential means of transport for many outlying populations and down the years routes have continually changed and been adapted to meet the requirements of the period. This remains so today, with established ferry routes in a constant state of flux, with the dire economic circumstances of the present imposing their own financial restraints upon routes and timetables. This volume presents a snapshot of the major Offshore Ferry routes as they currently stand, with details of the routes, the ships and the amenities; added to which are the outline histories of companies and links. This volume encapsulates all these strands and should prove a useful aide to all travellers.
The Northmen S Fury
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Author : Philip Parker
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2014-03-06
The Northmen S Fury written by Philip Parker and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-06 with History categories.
The Northmen’s Fury tells the Viking story, from the first pinprick raids of the eighth century to the great armies that left their Scandinavian homelands to conquer larger parts of France, Britain and Ireland. It recounts the epic voyages that took them across the Atlantic to the icy fjords of Greenland and to North America over four centuries before Columbus and east to the great rivers of Russia and the riches of the Byzantine empire. One summer’s day in 793, death arrived from the sea. The raiders who sacked the island monastery of Lindisfarne were the first Vikings, sea-borne attackers who brought two centuries of terror to northern Europe. Before long the sight of their dragon-prowed longships and the very name of Viking gave rise to fear and dread, so much so that monks were reputed to pray each night for delivery from ‘the Northmen’s Fury’. Yet for all their reputation as bloodthirsty warriors, the Vikings possessed a sophisticated culture that produced art of great beauty, literature of abiding power and kingdoms of surprising endurance. The Northmen’s Fury describes how and why a region at the edge of Europe came to dominate and to terrorise much of the rest of the continent for nearly three centuries and how, in the end, the coming of Christianity and the growing power of kings tempered the Viking ferocity and stemmed the tide of raids. It relates the astonishing achievement of the Vikings in forging far-flung empires whose sinews were the sea and whose arteries were not roads but maritime trading routes. The blood of the Vikings runs in millions of veins in Europe and the Americas and the tale of their conquests, explorations and achievements continues to inspire people around the world.
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 Return Of The Vikings
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Author : Donald Scragg
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2006-11-01
The Return Of The Vikings written by Donald Scragg and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-01 with History categories.
On a day in August, one thousand years ago, a fleet of ninety viking ships sailed into the estuary of the Blackwater river, Essex. Fresh from the ravage of Ipswich, under the command of the king of Denmark, they were intent no doubt on the rich spoils to be had from the royal Mint of Maldon. This is a history of the battle of Maldon.