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Dragon lords : the history and legends of Viking England / Eleanor Parker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : I.B. Tauris, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 267 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781838608408
Other title:
  • History and legends of Viking England
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DA158 .D734 2018
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Contents:
'From the north comes all that is evil': Vikings, kings and saints, c.985-1100 -- The sons of Ragnar Lothbrok -- The story of Siward -- Danish sovereignty and the right to rule -- 'Over the salt sea to England': Havelok and the Danes -- Epilogue: The Danes in English folklore.
Subject: "Why did the Vikings sail to England? Were they indiscriminate raiders, motivated solely by bloodlust and plunder? One narrative, the stereotypical one, might have it so. But locked away in the buried history of the British Isles are other, far richer and more nuanced, stories; and these hidden tales paint a picture very different from the ferocious pillagers of popular repute"--
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction DA158 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available on1090540704

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- 'From the north comes all that is evil': Vikings, kings and saints, c.985-1100 -- The sons of Ragnar Lothbrok -- The story of Siward -- Danish sovereignty and the right to rule -- 'Over the salt sea to England': Havelok and the Danes -- Epilogue: The Danes in English folklore.

"Why did the Vikings sail to England? Were they indiscriminate raiders, motivated solely by bloodlust and plunder? One narrative, the stereotypical one, might have it so. But locked away in the buried history of the British Isles are other, far richer and more nuanced, stories; and these hidden tales paint a picture very different from the ferocious pillagers of popular repute"--

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