A Brief History of the Vikings

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by Jonathan Clements


  Vladimir II, Prince of Kiev 215

  Volga, River 101, 106, 112

  Wagner, Richard 41

  Wales, Viking raids on 124, 163

  war-bands 28, 30, 52, 59, 78–9, 80, 122, 125, 127

  Wareham 76

  Wars of the Irish with the Foreigners 69

  Waterford 69, 71

  weaponry 29

  Wends 119, 124, 160, 161, 162

  Wessex 6, 75–6, 77, 79, 163, 166, 169, 175

  West Saxons 6, 75, 77, 169

  Westmeath 72

  Westminster Abbey 167

  Wexford 71

  Wicklow 69, 71

  Widukind 60

  Wight, Isle of 163

  Wilde, William 71

  William the Bastard (the Conqueror) 206, 213, 215

  William Longsword 86

  Wilmington, Delaware 222

  Wiltshire 166

  Winchester 173

  winter bases 51

  Wisconsin 222

  witchcraft 72, 91

  Woden/Wotan see Odin

  ‘wolf-skins’ 26

  women

  grave goods 28

  nicknames of 56

  role of 56–7

  World Serpent 45

  World Tree 17, 20–2, 46

  Wulfnoth, Bishop 178

  Wulfnoth (West Saxon leader) 169, 175, 177

  Year of Battles 75

  Yggdrasill 20, 46

  Ymir 19–20

  Ynglings 23

  Yngvie see Frey

  York 48, 74, 209–10, 211

  Yuletide 95, 97

  Zanj Rebellion 106

  Zealand 24, 94

  zodiac 18

  Zoe, Empress 191, 193–4, 195

  The Gokstad longship

  Fragment of a painted stone showing Odin on his eight-legged horse Sleipnir

  Carriage from the Oseberg grave

  Oseberg ship

  Wooden post with carved animal head

  Trelleborg Fortress

  Reconstruction of the Viking barracks at the fortress of Trelleborg. It is considered to have been built by Harald Bluetooth

  Interior reconstruction at Trelleborg, built following the pattern of the original foundation post holes

  St Olaf, patron saint of Norway

  Smith’s mould for casting both Christian crosses and Thor’s hammers

  L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Park, Newfoundland, Canada

  A berserker, chewing on his shield, from the Lewis chess set

  The Lindisfarne stone, depicting a raiding party of Vikings

 

 

 


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