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The Viking Age. Volume 1 (of 2) / The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nations — Paul B. Du Chaillu

The Viking Age. Volume 1 (of 2) / The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nations

Paul B. Du Chaillu

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 630 pages

The Viking Age, Volume 1, is a historical study by Paul B. Du Chaillu, published in 1889. Drawing on antiquities from mounds, cairns, and bogs, as well as ancient sagas and Eddas, it describes the early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of English-speaking nations. It offers a detailed look at Viking ships, daily life, and burial practices.

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Contents

  1. THE VIKING AGE THE EARLY HISTORY MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCESTORS OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING NATIONS ILLUSTRATED FROM
  2. PREFACE.
  3. CONTENTS OF VOL. I
  4. A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL SAGAS QUOTED IN THE VIKING AGE, INCLUDING THE PERIODS WITH WHICH THEY DEAL.
  5. A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL KINGS OF DENMARK, NORWAY, AND SWEDEN, SOME OF WHOM HAVE SAGAS OF THEIR OWN.
  6. CHAPTER I. CIVILISATION AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE NORTH.
  7. CHAPTER II. ROMAN AND GREEK ACCOUNTS OF THE NORTHMEN.
  8. CHAPTER III. THE SETTLEMENT OF BRITAIN BY NORTHMEN.
  9. CHAPTER IV. THE MYTHOLOGY AND COSMOGONY OF THE NORSEMEN.
  10. CHAPTER V. MYTHOLOGY AND COSMOGONY—continued.
  11. CHAPTER VI. ODIN OF THE NORTH.
  12. CHAPTER VII. THE SUCCESSORS OF ODIN OF THE NORTH.
  13. CHAPTER VIII. THE STONE AGE.
  14. CHAPTER IX. THE BRONZE AGE.
  15. CHAPTER X. THE IRON AGE.
  16. CHAPTER XI. RUNES.
  17. CHAPTER XII. NORTHERN RELICS—BOG FINDS.
  18. CHAPTER XIII. NORTHERN RELICS—GROUND FINDS.
  19. CHAPTER XIV. DESCRIPTION OF SOME REMARKABLE GRAVES AND THEIR CONTENTS.
  20. CHAPTER XV. GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE NORTH.
  21. CHAPTER XVI. GLASS.
  22. CHAPTER XVII. HORSES—WAGGONS.
  23. CHAPTER XVIII. VARIOUS FORMS OF GRAVES.
  24. CHAPTER XIX. BURIALS.
  25. CHAPTER XX. RELIGION.—WORSHIP, SACRIFICES, ETC.
  26. CHAPTER XXI. RELIGION.—ALTARS, TEMPLES, HIGH-SEAT PILLARS, ETC.
  27. CHAPTER XXII. RELIGION.—HUMAN SACRIFICES.
  28. CHAPTER XXIII. RELIGION.—IDOLS AND WORSHIP OF MEN AND ANIMALS, ETC.
  29. CHAPTER XXIV. RELIGION.—THE NORNIR AND VALKYRIAS.
  30. CHAPTER XXV. RELIGION.—THE VOLVAS.

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