The A to Z of the Vikings 8 doc

... of a chieftain (see go ðð i) and to accompany him to the springtime assembly and to either pay a thing-attendance tax or to at- tend the Althing with their chieftain each summer. These laws also stated ... tutor and is characterized by William as a “very deceitful man.” Together, they attacked the Spanish (see Spain), southern French, and North African coasts, and the...

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... Scandinavian studies and assistant director of European Studies at the University of Hull. Her research interests are in the Viking-Age and early medieval history of Britain and Scandinavia, particularly ... Collections 379 An asterisk indicates large or important collections. CANADA L’Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland L’Anse Aux Meadows Museum Parks Canada Canadian Heritage PO Box 70...

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... Buchanan, 2009. 60. The A to Z of Scandinavian Literature and Theater, by Jan Sjåvik, 2009. 61. The A to Z of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif, by Jean Michaud, 2009. 62. The A to Z of ... Quanchi and John Robson, 2009. 48. The A to Z of Australian and New Zealand Cinema, by Albert Moran and Errol Vieth, 2009. 49. The A to Z of...

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... priest, Ansgar, accompanied Harald to Denmark. 82 7 Harald Klak of Denmark forced into exile. 82 9 83 1 Ansgar visited Birka in Sweden. 83 2 Ansgar appointed as bishop of new see of Hamburg. 83 3 Louis the ... dictionary is, of course, organized alphabetically, but when it comes to the Vikings, this is not as easy a task as it may sound: there are a num- ber of addi...

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... dictionary will actually focus on the archae- ological, art historical, epigraphical, historical, linguistic, and literary ev- idence for Scandinavia and Scandinavians in the Viking Age. It has also been ... that they spent much time there. At the beginning of the Viking Age, Iceland was of course not part of the Scandinavian world, but it was colonized by a Scandinavian- sp...

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... •11 The Dictionary 17 – A – ABBASID CALIPHATE. The Abbasids were an Arab dynasty, de- scended from al-Abbas, the uncle of the Prophet Mohammed. They displaced the ruling Umayyad dynasty and came ... Norway in the 88 0s. He was called Harald Fine-Hair. Harald was king of Vestfold, a district that lies to the west of present-day Oslo. Around the year 900, he is said...

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... in 86 5. Alfred had married Eahlswith (d. 902), the daughter of a Mer- cian ealdorman, in 86 8, probably as part of a West-Saxon-Mercian al- liance made in that year after the Danish occupation of ... Poet and ambassador from Andalusia in Spain sent by Abdurrhaman II, Moorish emir of Cordoba, to the court of the king of the Majus in the North. Al-Ghazal’s journ...

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... (group 1). They cover the history of the part of the Frankish or Carolingian kingdom that lay to the east of the River Rhine and that later became Germany. There are three main manuscript traditions, ... example, in 84 5, one attack was recorded on Hamburg and three on Frisia, and the Vikings were paid off by Charles the Bald in the same year, after they sailed up...

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... family came to be known by the name Laxdale and was the subject of a 13th-century saga, Laxdæla Saga. – B – BAFFIN ISLAND. See HELLULAND. BALDER (ON Baldr). God of the Æsir family. Balder was ... Viking-Age pagan burial from the southern parish of Arbory on the Isle of Man. The burial mound contained the remains of a man and a woman, although the grave goods...

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... against Scandinavian armies, and in 87 3 he won a major victory over the Loire Vikings at Angers. CHARLES III THE FAT (83 9 89 1). King of Alemannia 87 0, king and emperor in Italy 88 0, king of the East ... city, also refer to the attacks by Askold and Dir. From the end of the 10th century, the emperor of Byzantium had a famous Scandi- navian bodyguard, known...

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