The A to Z of Presentations

... (= I have a wash in the bath) I BATH the baby every day (= wash in a bath) I have had a new BATH fitted We BATHE every day (= swim) BATHE the wound with disinfectant (= cleanse) We have a BATHE ... group of actors in a play and for a plaster CAST and a CAST in an eye Use CASTE when referring to a social group in Hindu society caster or castor? Both caster sugar and ca...

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2012, 13:46

... Studies at the University of Hull Her research interests are in the Viking-Age and early medieval history of Britain and Scandinavia, particularly the nature and extent of the Scandinavian settlement ... consultant to Viking Heritage magazine, and she has contributed to a number of journals, including the International Medieval Bibliography, SagaBook, and Scandinavica...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 04:21

... The A to Z of Australian and New Zealand Cinema, by Albert Moran and Errol Vieth, 2009 49 The A to Z of of African-American Television, by Kathleen FearnBanks, 2009 50 The A to Z of of American ... Kathleen DuVall, 2005 The A to Z of Taoism by Julian F Pas, 2006 The A to Z of the Renaissance by Charles G Nauert, 2006 The A to Z of...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 04:21

... unfamiliar with the conventions of the Scandinavian and Icelandic languages, I have chosen to anglicize these characters Thus, å and ä, are treated simply as the letter a; æ as the letters ae; ... standing as sponsor Missionary priest, Ansgar, accompanied Harald to Denmark 827 Harald Klak of Denmark forced into exile 829 –831 Ansgar visited Birka in Sweden 8 32 Ansgar appoin...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 04:21

... [March] of the Danes”) At the beginning of the Viking Age, the peninsula of Jutland appears to have been the most important part of Denmark There is archaeological evidence for a number of important ... Norwegian coast These geographical and topographical conditions played a crucial part in the development of Scandinavia during the Viking Age THE VIKINGS AT...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 04:21

... predominantly Scandinavian bodyguard was known as the Varangian Guard, and the most famous Varangian was the Norwegian king, Harald Hard-Ruler Scandinavians in Byzantium certainly seem to have played ... it lasted and across the vast distances of Scandinavia The only real agreement today is that many different factors played a part in triggering this wave of outward activity...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 04:21

... 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 journey is said to have taken place ... of a Mercian ealdorman, in 868, probably as part of a West-Saxon-Mercian alliance made in that year after the Danish occupation of Nottingham In 871, the West-Saxon ar...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 04:21

... Irish attacks The same study also points out the geographical bias of the Annals, which focuses on the east coast and the central eastern part of the country, at the expense of other areas in the ... Jutland In particular, archaeological evidence reveals that the first phase of the Danevirke fortification across the base of the Jutland Peninsula, the constr...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 04:21

... skin,” and who thus took on the characteristics of a bear in battle In some sagas, such as the Saga of Hrólfr Kraki, the berserker is even said to have taken on the shape of a bear The earliest ... the Cathedral may be secondary The tapestry is of interest to historians of the Vikings because of the picture it gives of Norman ships and shipbuilding, w...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 04:21

... archaeological evidence that the warriors settled down and began to make their living from farming and trading, as was the case in the Danelaw and Normandy, and the capital, Nantes, appears to ... 1 185 , with the submission of Bugislav, prince of Pomerania, to Knut VI (d 1202) of Denmark following the naval victory at Stralsund As well as detailing the genealogy of...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 04:21

... by the patriarch of the city, also refer to the attacks by Askold and Dir From the end of the 10th century, the emperor of Byzantium had a famous Scandinavian bodyguard, known as the Varangian ... OF THE KINGS OF MAN AND THE ISLES In many instances, the conversion of Scandinavians seems to have taken place as part of diplomatic and political deals For e...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 04:21

... was the most important route for Scandinavians traveling east to Byzantium and could be reached either via Lake Ladoga (see Staraja Ladoga) and the rivers Lovat and Volkhov in the north or via the ... with the pagan rituals performed at Gamla Uppsala in his Ynglinga Saga on the basis of the skaldic poem, Ynglingatal There are a number of Swedish and Norwegian placenames...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 04:21

... the saga, Egil’s father is said to have settled in Iceland to escape a feud with the Norwegian king, Harald Fine-Hair, and already, at the age of six, Egil appeared to be following in his father’s ... chronological framework EGIL’S SAGA (ON Egils saga Skallagrímsonar) One of the so-called Family Sagas or Sagas of Icelanders, Egil’s Saga was written in Iceland during the...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 04:21