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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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 IDROTTIR.

CHAPTER XXIII. IDROTTIR. POETRY OR SCALDSHIP, MUSIC AND MENTAL EXERCISES.

CHAPTER XXIV. THE CONDUCT OF LIFE THE HAVAMAL.

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. )

CHAPTER XXIX. SOME EXPEDITIONS AND DEEDS OF GREAT VIKINGS. ( Continued. )

CHAPTER XXX. SOME EXPEDITIONS AND DEEDS OF GREAT VIKINGS. ( Continued. )

CHAPTER XXXI. SOME EXPEDITIONS AND DEEDS OF GREAT VIKINGS. ( Continued. )

CHAPTER XXXII. SOME EXPEDITIONS AND DEEDS OF GREAT VIKINGS. ( Continued. )

CHAPTER XXXIII. THE DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF ICELAND, GREENLAND, AND AMERICA.

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE ORKNEYS AND HEBRIDES.

APPENDIX. I. The Testimony of the Frankish Annals.

APPENDIX II Facsimiles of Old Norse Manuscripts.

APPENDIX III. ROMAN COINS FOUND IN SCANDINAVIA.

INDEX.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Transcriber's Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

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.—Vol. II
NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS.
1889.
Copyright, 1889, by
PAUL B. DU CHAILLU.
Press of J. J. Little & Co.,
Astor Place, New York.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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