The Viking Age: A Reader, Second EditionAngus A. Somerville, R. Andrew McDonald University of Toronto Press, 22 sept 2014 - 528 páginas 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). |
Índice
THE SCANDINAVIAN HOMELANDS | 1 |
The Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan | 2 |
A Description ofthe Islands of the North | 5 |
SCANDINAVIAN SOCIETY | 15 |
The Lay ofRig Rígsþula | 16 |
Politics in Harald Finehairs Norway | 26 |
Hoskuld Buys a Slave | 36 |
How the Hersir Erling Treated His Slaves | 37 |
The Martyrdom of Saint Edmund | 237 |
TheVikings in Ireland 845917 | 240 |
Ketil Flatnose and His Descendants in the Hebrides | 247 |
Earl Sigurd and the Establishment of the Earldom of Orkney | 249 |
Runic Inscriptions from Maes Howe Mainland Orkney | 250 |
Runic Inscriptions from the Isle ofMan | 251 |
Rollo Obtains Normandy from the King of the Franks | 252 |
AUSTRVEGTHE VIKING ROAD TO THE EAST | 259 |
EARLY RELIGION AND BELIEF | 39 |
The Norse CreationMyth | 40 |
The Doom of the Gods | 49 |
A Prophetess in Greenland | 54 |
OdinsWisdom and Arts | 56 |
OdinWelcomes Eirik Bloodax toValhalla | 57 |
Odin Hangs onYggdrasil | 60 |
Odin and Human Sacrifice | 61 |
b The Deaths ofDomaldi and Olaf Tretelgja | 63 |
Sigurd the Earl of Lade Sacrifices to the Gods | 64 |
The Temple at Uppsala | 65 |
ATemple in Iceland | 66 |
King Harald Gormsson and the LandSpirits | 68 |
Norse Funeral Practices | 69 |
a Snorris History ofBurial Practices | 70 |
c The Death ofBaldur the Good | 71 |
d Gunnars Burial Mound | 73 |
The Living Dead | 74 |
b Grettirs Fight with Glam | 75 |
WOMEN IN THE VIKING AGE | 85 |
VIKING WARRIORS | 117 |
FJORDSERPENTSVIKING SHIPS | 151 |
SeaBattles in the Sagas | 159 |
a Olaf Tryggvason at the Battle ofSvold | 160 |
b Rognvald and Thorfinn the Mighty Fight It Out in the Orkneys | 170 |
c Earl Rognvald Kali in the Mediterranean | 173 |
d The Battle ofFimreite Norafjord 1184 | 176 |
SUDDEN AND UNFORESEEN ATTACKS OF NORTHMEN | 181 |
On the Causes of theViking Expansion | 182 |
Viking Raids on England 7898501 | 184 |
Alcuins Letter to King Athelred 793 | 185 |
An English Gospel Book Ransomed from theVikings | 188 |
Viking Raids on Ireland 795842 | 189 |
The Martyrdom ofBlathmac 825 | 193 |
The Life of Saint Findan | 195 |
Irish Resistance to the Norsemen | 199 |
Franks andVikings 800829 | 202 |
The Northmen in France 843865 | 208 |
The Annals ofStVast 882886 | 217 |
An Account of the Siege of Paris 885886 | 222 |
Vikings in the Iberian Peninsula | 224 |
THE HEATHENS STAYED FROM RAIDING TO SETTLEMENT | 229 |
Viking Activities in England 851900 | 230 |
The Piraeus Lion | 260 |
The Rus | 262 |
INTO THE WESTERN OCEAN | 291 |
VIKING LIFE AND DEATH | 321 |
83 | 334 |
b A Horsefight from Grettirs Saga | 341 |
c AThrowing Game from Bards Saga | 342 |
d Games at Sand from Hords Saga | 343 |
e Entertainment at aWedding Feast at Reykjaholar from The Saga of Thorgils and Haflidi | 344 |
f Mock Lawsuits from The Saga ofthe People ofLjosavatn | 346 |
The Jomsvikings Meet Their End | 347 |
The Death ofGunnar | 354 |
The Burning ofNjal | 357 |
The Death of Thormod Kolbrunarskald | 367 |
FROM ODIN TO CHRIST | 371 |
The Life of Saint Anskar | 372 |
The Conversion of the Danes under Harald Bluetooth | 383 |
Olaf Tryggvason and the Conversion of Norway | 386 |
A Poet Abandons the Old Gods | 393 |
The Christianization of Norway under Saint Olaf | 394 |
The Conversion of the Icelanders | 402 |
The Conversion ofGreenland | 404 |
The Conversion ofOrkney | 405 |
Christianity in Sweden | 406 |
Christianity and the Church in Norway | 407 |
The Travels ofKing SigurdJerusalemFarer | 408 |
The Journey ofAbbot Nikolas Bergsson from Iceland toJerusalem | 416 |
STATEBUILDING AT HOME AND ABROAD | 423 |
Harald Finehair and the Unification of Norway | 424 |
The Jelling Stone | 429 |
Unification and Expansion | 431 |
The Martyrdom ofAlfeah Saint Alphege | 433 |
Knut the Great and the North Sea Empire | 435 |
The England Runestones | 448 |
The Earldom of Orkney at Its Zenith | 449 |
THE END OF THE VIKING AGE | 455 |
The Battle of Clontarf 1014 | 456 |
The Battle of Stamford Bridge 1066 | 463 |
The Decline of the Earls of Orkney | 471 |
EPILOGUE | 483 |
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