Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction viii
Chapter 1 The Origins of the Vikings 1
Chapter 2 The Early Raids in England and the Great Heathen Army 9
Chapter 3 The Ascendancy and Fall of the Danelaw 16
Chapter 4 The Viking Invasions of England 23
Chapter 5 The Conquests of Cnut the Great 34
Chapter 6 Harald Hardrada and the Battle of Stamford Bridge 41
Chapter 7 The Vikings in Wales and Scotland 53
Chapter 8 The Vikings in Ireland and the Battle of Clontarf 61
Chapter 9 The Kingdom of the Isles 74
Chapter 10 The Vikings in France and the Siege of Paris 81
Chapter 11 The Viking Colonization of the Northern Atlantic 95
Chapter 12 The Varangians and Kievan Rus' 111
Chapter 13 The End of the Viking Age 125
Chapter 14 Viking Military Organization 137
Chapter 15 Viking Military Equipment and Tactics 147
Bibliography 161
The Re-enactors who Contributed to this Book 162
Index 165
