The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Northmen in Britain, by Eleanor Hull

Chapter XIII The Saga of Olaf Trygveson

Chapter XIV King Olaf’s Dragon-ships

Authorities

Chapter XV Wild Tales from the Orkneys

Chapter XVI Murtough of the Leather Cloaks

The Northmen in Britain THE AGE OF THE VIKINGS Chapter I The First Coming of the Northmen

Chapter XVII The Story of Olaf the Peacock (From Laxdæla Saga)

Chapter XVIII The Battle of Clontarf

Chapter XIX Yule in the Orkneys, 1014

Chapter XX The Story of the Burning (Nial’s Saga)

Chapter II The Saga of Ragnar Lodbrog, or “Hairy-breeks”

Chapter XXI Things draw on to an End

THE DANISH KINGDOM OF ENGLAND (1013–1042)

Chapter XXII The Reign of Sweyn Forkbeard

Chapter XXIII The Battle of London Bridge “London Bridge is broken down”

THE NORTHMEN IN BRITAIN

Chapter XXIV Canute the Great (1017–1035)

Chapter XXV Canute lays Claim to Norway

Chapter XXVI Hardacanute

Chapter XXVII Edward the Confessor (1042–1066)

Chapter XXVIII King Harold, Godwin’s Son, and the Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066)

Chapter XXIX King Magnus Barelegs falls in Ireland

Chapter III The Call for Help

Chapter XXX The Last of the Vikings

Chronology

FOOTNOTES

Index

Transcriber’s Notes

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Chapter IV Alfred the Great (BORN 849; REIGNED 871–901)

Foreword

Chapter V Harald Fairhair, First King of Norway, and the Settlements in the Orkneys

Chapter VI The Northmen in Ireland

Chapter VII The Expansion of England

Contents

Chapter VIII King Athelstan the Great (925–940)

Chapter IX The Battle of Brunanburh

Chapter X Two Great Kings trick each other

Chapter XI King Hakon the Good

Illustrations

Chapter XII King Hakon forces his People to become Christians