Gary Dean Peterson

Vikings and Goths

A History of Ancient and Medieval Sweden

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Produktbeschreibung

The Vikings descended upon Europe at the close of the 8th century, invading the continent's western seas and river systems, trading, raiding and spreading terror. In the north, they settled Iceland and Greenland and reached North America. In the east, Swedish Varangians established a river road to the Orient. With the collapse of the Viking commercial empire, Sweden and the other Scandinavian countries struggled to survive, their hardships exacerbated by internal strife, foreign domination and the Black Death. This book details the development of Scandinavia--Sweden in particular--from the end of the Ice Age, through a series of prehistoric cultures, the Bronze and Iron ages, to the Viking period and late Middle Ages. Recent research suggests a Swedish origin of the Goths, who helped dismember the Roman Empire, and evidence of Swedish participation in the western Viking expeditions. Special attention is given to Eastern Europe, where Sweden dominated commerce through the conquest of trade towns and the river systems of Russia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781476662183
• ISBN-10: 1476662185
• Artikelnr.: 45231896

Autorenporträt

Gary Dean Peterson is an independent scholar and writer whose published works include magazine articles and two books. He is a retired engineer living in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1.
A Land Reborn 2.
The First Settlers and Sweden's Mesolithic Age 3.
Sweden of the Neolithic Age 4.
Bronze Age Sweden 5.
The Iron Age Comes to Sweden 6.
Roman Iron Age in Sweden 7.
Visigoths Defeat the Roman Empire 8.
The Ostrogoths Build an Empire 9.
Evidence of a Swedish Origin for the Goths 10.
Sweden in the German Iron Age Migration Period (AD 400-575) 11.
Sweden of the Vendel Period (AD 575-790) 12.
Norwegian Vikings Assault the British Isles 13.
Danish Vikings Invade England 14.
Viking Raids and Conquests in Continental Europe 15.
Viking Ships and Navigation 16.
The Viking Search for New Lands 17.
Danish Unification During the Viking Age 18.
The Norwegian Struggle for Independence 19.
The Empire of Knut the Great 20.
William the Conqueror Invades England 21.
Norman Kingdom of Italy and Sicily 22.
Swedish Participation in the Western Expeditions 23.
Swedish Unification 24.
The Swedish People of the Viking Age 25.
Sweden's Early Viking Expeditions to the East 26.
The Geography and People of Eastern Europe 27.
Swedes of the Rus Khaganate 28.
Sweden the Great 29.
Words Written in Stone 30.
The Last Great Expedition to the East 31.
End of the Viking Age 32.
Medieval Sweden (AD 1070-1350) 33.
Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages 34.
Novgorod the Great, Lithuania and the Rise of Moscow 35.
Sweden and the Black Death 36.
St. Birgitta of Sweden 37.
Margareta and the Kalmar Union Epilogue Chapter Notes Bibliography Index