The Vikings by Robert Ferguson

VIKING
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Copyright © Robert Ferguson, 2009
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    Map illustrations by Jeff Edwards
     
    LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA
     
    Ferguson, Robert, 1948-
The Vikings : a history / Robert Ferguson.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
    eISBN : 978-1-101-15142-6
    1. Vikings. 2. Civilization, Viking. 3. Europe—History—476-1492. I. Title.
DL65.F467 2009
948.022—dc22
2009026818
     
     
     

     
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Index
    Characters found only in Scandinavian alphabets are interfiled with their nearest equivalents in the English alphabet; Scandinavian personal names using patronymics rather than surnames are indexed under first name; the prefixes ‘al-’ and ‘ar-’ are ignored (e.g. ‘al-madjus’ is filed as if it were ‘madjus’).

    Aachen
    Abbo de St Germain
    Abbo of Fleury
    Abd al-Rahmin, emir
    Adalbert, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
    Adaldag, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
    Adalward the Younger, bishop of Sigtuna
    Adam of Bremen
    on Anund, king
    on Birka defences
    on Christianity in Sweden
    on Cnut, king
    on Danish Vikings
    on deformities
    on Egino, bishop
    on Emund the Old
    on Erik Segersäll
    on Harald Bluetooth
    on Hedeby-Birka sailing time
    on Henrik, bishop
    on Iceland
    on Ingvar’s expedition
    on Ivar the Boneless
    on Olav Haraldson
    on Olof Sköttkonung
    on Ragnar Lodbrok
    reliability as source
    on Sven Estridson
    on Tadiko, bishop
    on unfaithful women
    on Unni’s mission to Denmark
    Uppsala temple description
    on Viking Age causes
    Adèle/Gerloc (dau. of Rollo)
    Adémar of Chabannes
    Adomnán, abbot of Iona
    Aed Finlaith, king
    Ælfeah see Alphege, Saint, archbishop of Canterbury
    Ælfgifu (Cnut’s mistress)
    Ælfmær, abbot
    Ælfric, alderman
    Aelfthryth, queen, consort of Edgar, king of England
    Aella, king of Northumbria
    Æsir/Aesir
    see also Frey; Freyja; Heimdall; Loki; Odin
    Æskell (named on Svinnegarn stone)
    Aethelfled/Ethelfled, princess
    Aethelnoth, archbishop of Canterbury
    Aethelred/Ethelred, alderman
    Æthelweard (chronicler)
    Aethelwold, king of Northumbria
    Africa
    Agdenes, battle of
    Age of Migrations
    Aggersborg fort, Denmark
    Agnar Helgason
    Aifur rapids
    Alan(the Great), duke of Brittany
    Alan(Barbetorte), duke