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

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

Paul B. Du Chaillu

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 633 pages

This second volume of Paul B. Du Chaillu's history explores the early life, manners, and customs of the Viking-age peoples ancestral to English-speaking nations. Drawing on antiquities from mounds, cairns, and bogs, as well as the sagas and Eddas, it presents a detailed survey of their world.

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WAGGON OF THE VIKING AGE.
One of two waggons found in the
Deibjerg bog, Ringkjobing, West
Jutland, ornamented all over with
bronze; and on each side
representations of two human heads
with heavy moustaches, and with the
triskele and other mystic signs. Length
of sides, 5 feet, 4 inches; straight pole,
about 6 feet, including the bent piece;
diameter of wheels, 3 feet.
THE VIKING AGE
THE EARLY HISTORY,
MANNERS, AND
CUSTOMS OF THE
ANCESTORS OF THE
ENGLISH-SPEAKING
NATIONS
ILLUSTRATED FROM

THE ANTIQUITIES

DISCOVERED IN MOUNDS,

CAIRNS, AND BOGS AS WELL

AS FROM THE ANCIENT SAGAS

AND EDDAS

BY

PAUL B. DU CHAILLU

AUTHOR OF “EXPLORATIONS IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA,” “LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN,” ETC.

WITH 1366 ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP

IN TWO VOLUMES.—VLjƯ. II

NEW YORK:

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS.

1889.

CLjǙΏǡƗƄƒǵ, 1889, œΏ

PAUL B. DU CHAILLU.

Press of J. J. Little & Co.,

Astor Place, New York.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
CHAPTER I.
PAGE
MARRIAGE
1
CHAPTER II.
25
DIVORCE
CHAPTER III.
THE BIRTH AND BRINGING-UP OF CHILDREN
30
CHAPTER IV.
47
THE ARVEL, OR INHERITANCE FEAST

CHAPTER V.
FOSTER-BROTHERHOOD
ел
CHAPTER VI.
WEAPONS
65
CHAPTER VII.
WAR CUSTOMS
102
CHAPTER VIII.
ROCK-TRACINGS
116
CHAPTER IX.
WAR-SHIPS
136
CHAPTER X.
THE FLEETS OF THE NORTHMEN
176

CHAPTER XI.
MODE OF NAVAL WARFARE OF THE NORTHMEN
181
CHAPTER XII.
SEA BATTLES
188
CHAPTER XIII.
TRADERS AND TRADING-SHIPS
209
CHAPTER XIV.
DEBTS AND ROBBERY
235
CHAPTER XV.
HALLS AND BUILDINGS
241
CHAPTER XVI.
274
FEASTS, ENTERTAINMENTS
CHAPTER XVII.

285
DRESS OF MEN
CHAPTER XVIII.
DRESS OF WOMEN
301
CHAPTER XIX.
THE BRACTEATES
332
CHAPTER XX.
344
OCCUPATIONS AND SPORTS OF MEN
CHAPTER XXI.
362
OCCUPATIONS OF WOMEN
CHAPTER XXII.
EXERCISES—IDRÓTTIR
369
CHAPTER XXIII.

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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. CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
  3. CHAPTER I. MARRIAGE.
  4. CHAPTER II. DIVORCE.
  5. CHAPTER III. THE BIRTH AND BRINGING UP OF CHILDREN.
  6. CHAPTER IV. THE ARVEL, OR INHERITANCE FEAST.
  7. CHAPTER V. FOSTER-BROTHERHOOD.
  8. CHAPTER VI. WEAPONS.
  9. CHAPTER VII. WAR CUSTOMS.
  10. CHAPTER VIII. ROCK-TRACINGS.[117]
  11. CHAPTER IX. WAR-SHIPS.
  12. CHAPTER X. THE FLEETS OF THE NORTHMEN.
  13. CHAPTER XI. MODE OF NAVAL WARFARE OF THE NORTHMEN.
  14. CHAPTER XII. SEA BATTLES.
  15. CHAPTER XIII. TRADERS AND TRADING-SHIPS.
  16. CHAPTER XIV. DEBTS AND ROBBERY.
  17. CHAPTER XV. HALLS AND BUILDINGS.
  18. CHAPTER XVI. FEASTS, ENTERTAINMENTS.
  19. CHAPTER XVII. DRESS OF MEN.
  20. CHAPTER XVIII. DRESS OF WOMEN.
  21. CHAPTER XIX. THE BRACTEATES.
  22. CHAPTER XX. OCCUPATIONS AND SPORTS OF MEN.
  23. CHAPTER XXI. OCCUPATIONS OF WOMEN.
  24. CHAPTER XXII. EXERCISES—IDRÓTTIR.
  25. CHAPTER XXIII. IDRÓTTIR.—POETRY OR SCALDSHIP, MUSIC AND MENTAL EXERCISES.
  26. CHAPTER XXIV. THE CONDUCT OF LIFE—THE HÁVAMÁL.
  27. CHAPTER XXV. SORROW AND MOURNING.
  28. CHAPTER XXVI. CHAMPIONS AND BERSERKS.
  29. CHAPTER XXVII. SOME EXPEDITIONS AND DEEDS OF GREAT VIKINGS.
  30. CHAPTER XXVIII. SOME EXPEDITIONS AND DEEDS OF GREAT VIKINGS. (Continued.)

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