Contents

Cover

About the Book

About the Author

Also by Philip Parker

List of Plates

List of Maps

Chronology

Dedication

Title Page

Note on Names

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Origins of the Vikings

Chapter 2: From Raids to Settlement: The Vikings in France, Britain and Ireland, 840–950

Chapter 3: Chieftains, Myths and Ships: Scandinavia in the Early Viking Age, 800–950

Chapter 4: Across the Atlantic: The Vikings in the Faroes and Iceland, 900–1262

Chapter 5: The Colony that Vanished: Greenland, 1000–1450

Chapter 6: The Search for Vinland the Good: The Vikings in North America, 1000–c.1350

Chapter 7: Furthest East: The Vikings in Russia, 800–1040

Chapter 8: New Empires in Britain and Scandinavia, 950–1150

Chapter 9: The Last Vikings: Normans, Varangians and the Road to Hastings, 911–1066

Chapter 10: The End of the Viking Age and the Legacy of the Vikings

Picture Section

Notes

Index

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Copyright