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

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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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THE VIKING AGE THE EARLY HISTORY, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCESTORS OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING NATIONS ILLUSTRATED FROM
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
CHAPTER I. MARRIAGE.
CHAPTER II. DIVORCE.
CHAPTER III. THE BIRTH AND BRINGING UP OF CHILDREN.
CHAPTER IV. THE ARVEL, OR INHERITANCE FEAST.
CHAPTER V. FOSTER-BROTHERHOOD.
CHAPTER VI. WEAPONS.
CHAPTER VII. WAR CUSTOMS.
CHAPTER VIII. ROCK-TRACINGS.[117]
CHAPTER IX. WAR-SHIPS.
CHAPTER X. THE FLEETS OF THE NORTHMEN.
CHAPTER XI. MODE OF NAVAL WARFARE OF THE NORTHMEN.
CHAPTER XII. SEA BATTLES.
CHAPTER XIII. TRADERS AND TRADING-SHIPS.
CHAPTER XIV. DEBTS AND ROBBERY.
CHAPTER XV. HALLS AND BUILDINGS.
CHAPTER XVI. FEASTS, ENTERTAINMENTS.
CHAPTER XVII. DRESS OF MEN.
CHAPTER XVIII. DRESS OF WOMEN.
CHAPTER XIX. THE BRACTEATES.
CHAPTER XX. OCCUPATIONS AND SPORTS OF MEN.
CHAPTER XXI. OCCUPATIONS OF WOMEN.
CHAPTER XXII. EXERCISES—IDRÓTTIR.
CHAPTER XXIII. IDRÓTTIR.—POETRY OR SCALDSHIP, MUSIC AND MENTAL EXERCISES.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE CONDUCT OF LIFE—THE HÁVAMÁL.
CHAPTER XXV. SORROW AND MOURNING.
CHAPTER XXVI. CHAMPIONS AND BERSERKS.
CHAPTER XXVII. SOME EXPEDITIONS AND DEEDS OF GREAT VIKINGS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. SOME EXPEDITIONS AND DEEDS OF GREAT VIKINGS. (Continued.)