Authors: Robert Ferguson
The Vikings (68 page)
Hagia Sophia graffiti
Harald Hardrada in
Olga (Rus regent)’s baptism
rock crystal lenses
Rus attacks on
trade routes
trade with York
treaties with Kievan state
Varangians sent by Vladimir
Copford, Essex
Corbridge, battle of
Corcach, Ireland
Cork, Ireland
Cornwall
Corvey, abbey
Cotentin
Côtes’Armor, Brittany
Courland, Latvia
cremation
Charlemagne’s punishment for
children’s burials
inhumation and
Rus
Staraja Ladoga
crime and punishment
in Alfred and Guthrum’s treaty
Erik the Red
frændaskomm
gender discrimination
heathens rejecting Christianity
slaves
see also
law
law
Cuerdale hoard
Cuiritán, bishop
Cumberland
Cumbria
Daetgen bog
Dairmag, Ireland
Damendorf bog
danegeld
Danelaw, the
Danevirke
dark heathens
see
black foreigners
see
black foreigners
Davis, John
Deira
Denmark
Anund, king at Birka and
Army Road
Carolingian empire and
Christianity : Anskar’s mission ; Ebbo of Reims; Harald Bluetooth ; Horic; Klak-Harald ; Olaf Tryggvason; Willibrord’s mission
divination
al-madjus
Rollo’s origins
rune-stones
ship-settings
thing
meetings
meetings
Thor
trelleborgs
Viking Age causes
Vikings in history of
Vikings in Ireland
see also
Århus; Danelaw, the; Jelling monument; Langeland; Nydam excavations; Schleswig-Holstein, duchies of; Sjælland/Sjelland; Skuldelev ships
Århus; Danelaw, the; Jelling monument; Langeland; Nydam excavations; Schleswig-Holstein, duchies of; Sjælland/Sjelland; Skuldelev ships
Derby
see also
Five Boroughs
Five Boroughs
Derry, Ireland
Devon
see also
Exeter; Portishame
Exeter; Portishame
Dicuil
Dir (Rus leader)
Disko Island
see also
Nordsetre
Nordsetre
divination
Dnieper (river)
Novgorod and
Pechenegs and
rapids
Rus baptism in
Rus tribute collection
trade route
Dobrava, consort of Mieszko, ruler of Poland
Dol, Brittany
Domaldi, king in Sweden
Domar, king in Sweden
Donemuthan
monastery
monastery
Dorestad, Frisia
Dorset
Douglas, Isle of Man
Drageid, Norway
Draupnir (ring)
Drelleborch
/
Kholopij gorodok
/
Kholopij gorodok
Dristra
Dritsker/Dritness
Dubhgall see
black foreigners
black foreigners
Dublin
Aud the Deep-minded
Olaf Sihtricsson and
Vikings in
see also
Glendalough; Liffey (river)
Glendalough; Liffey (river)
Dudo of St Quentin
on attack on Luna
on Brittany’s inclusion in duchy
on Danish language in Normandy
reliability as source
on Rollo
on Rollo at Paris siege
on Rollo’s help to Guthrum
on Viking administration
on Viking Age causes
Dunstan, abbot of Glastonbury
Dvina (river)
Dyfed, Wales
Eadgifu, princess (dau. of Edward the Elder)
Eadgyth, princess, consort of Sihtric of York
Eadric Streona, alderman
Eadwig (son of Ethelread the Unready)
Eadwig, king of the English
Ealswith, consort of Alfred, king of Wessex
Eardwulf, king of Northumbria
East Anglia
bishopric
Cnut and
‘Great Heathen Army’ in
personal names
place-names
Sutton Hoo ship burial
Sven Forkbeard in
East Kennet
Eastern Settlement, Greenland
see also
Uunartoq fjord
Uunartoq fjord
Ebbo of Reims
Ebolus, Abbot
Ecgfrith (monk)
Edda (mother of Heimdall’s child)
Edgar, king of England
Edington
Edla (Olof Sköttkonung’s mistress)
Edmund (St Edmund), king of East Anglia
Edmund, king of the English
Edmund Ironside, king of the English
Edred, king of the English
Edward the Confessor, king of England
Edward the Elder, king of the West Saxons
Edward the Martyr, king of England
Egbert, king of Wessex
Egbert, king of York
Egbert, king of Northumbria
Egil Skallagrimsson
Egils Saga
Egino (associate of Adalward the Younger)
Egino, bishop of Dalby, later of Lund
Einar, earl of Orkney
see also
Torf Einar, earl of Orkney
Torf Einar, earl of Orkney
Einar Helgason
Einar Skulesson
Einhard (monk)
Eiriksfjord, Greenland
Éitgal (hermit)
Ekwall, Eilert
Elfwynn (dau. of Aethelfled/Ethelfled)
Ellesmere Island
Elmham, East Anglia
Ely, East Anglia
Embla (first woman)
Emma (wife of Richardof Normandy)
Emma, queen, consort of Ethelred the Unready, and later of Cnut
Emund, king of the Swedes
Emund the Old, king of Sweden
England
Hengist and Horsa
horse-racing
Isle of Man and
law
personal names
Rollo in
St Olav dedications
Svein/Sven Forkbeard in
trade with Iceland
trading towns
see also
East Anglia; Essex; Hastings, Battle of; Ipswich; Kent; Mercia; Northumbria; Portland; Sussex; Sutton Hoo ship burial; Wessex; York
East Anglia; Essex; Hastings, Battle of; Ipswich; Kent; Mercia; Northumbria; Portland; Sussex; Sutton Hoo ship burial; Wessex; York
Englefield
Entrammes, Treaty of
Eohric, king of East Anglia
‘Erfidrápa’
Erik (St Erik), king of Sweden
Erik, king in Uppsala
Erik Bloodaxe, king of Norway, later king of York
Athelstan and
Egil Skallagrimsson and
expulsion from Norway
expulsion from York
Erik the Red
Erik Håkonarson, earl of Lade
Erik Segersäll, king of Sweden
Erlend Håkonarson
Erling Håkonarson
Erling Skjálgsson
Ermentarius (monk)
Erulb/Herulfr (son of Murchad mac Máele úin)
Escher, M..
Eskil, bishop of Strängnäs
Eskimos
see
Inuit (Eskimos)
see
Inuit (Eskimos)
Essex
see also
Ashington; Colchester; Maldon
Ashington; Colchester; Maldon
Essupi rapids
Estland
Estrid, queen, consort of Olof Sköttkonung
Étar (Howth), Ireland
Ethelred, king of Northumbria
Ethelred, king of Wessex
Ethelred(the Unready), king of England
flight to Normandy
law
Olav Haraldson and
Thorkel the Tall and
Ethelwold, abbot of Abingdon
ethics
Irish
Viking
Evington, Wiltshire
Exeter
Eyjolf Sauer
Eyrathing, Norway
Eyrbyggja Saga
Eyvind (in
Hrafnkels Saga
)
Hrafnkels Saga
)
Eyvind the Braggart
Eyvind Skaldaspiller
fair foreigners
see
Finngall (fair foreigners)
see
Finngall (fair foreigners)
Farmannshaugen, Norway
Faroe Islands
Faulk, Anthony
Feader (tax-collector)
Feidlimid, son of Crimthann
Fellows-Jensen, Gillian
Fenrir (mythological wolf)
Fernandes, Joao
Fernando, king of Castile and León
Ferriby, Lincolnshire
Ferrybridge, Yorkshire
Fiac (named on Old Kirk Braddan stone)
Finn Magnusen
Finnboga Saga
Finnbogi the Mighty
Finngall (fair foreigners)
Finni the Dreamwise
‘First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbani’
Fitjar, battle of
Five Boroughs
see also
Derby; Leicester; Nottingham
Derby; Leicester; Nottingham
Fjotsdale Moor, Iceland
Flanders
see also
Turholt monastery
Turholt monastery
Fletcher, Richard
Fleury monastery
Flintoe, Johannes
Flodoard of Reims
Floki Vilgerdason
Florence of Worcester
Flosi Thordarson
Folkestone
Folkvang
Fontenelle, France
Forannán, abbot of Armagh
Forest of Bowland
Formentera
Fornelos, Galicia
Forsandmoen, Norway
Fraði/Freði (named on Tirsted rune-stone)
France
burials
Near East trade route
Noirmoutier monastery
Viking raids on
see also
Chartres; Nantes; Normandy; Paris; Pitres; Seine (river)
Chartres; Nantes; Normandy; Paris; Pitres; Seine (river)
Frank, Roberta
Franks
see also
Carolingian empire; Charlemagne
Carolingian empire; Charlemagne
Frederick (Frankish warrior)
Frédérune, queen, consort of Charles the Simple
Fredrik, bishop
Frey (god)
horse dedicated to
at Ragnarök
symbols of
in Uppsala temple
Yngling dynasty ancestor
Yule feast
Frey, King
Freyfaxi (horse)
Freyja (goddess)
Frideborg (Christian woman)
Fridgerd (Icelandic priestess)
Frisia
see also
Dorestad; Walcheren
Dorestad; Walcheren
Fritzlar church
Frodo, king of the Danes
Fröjel, Gotland
Frösö rune-stone
Frostathing Law, Norway
Fulbert, bishop of Chartres
Fulford Gate, battle of
Fulk, archbishop of Reims
funeral rites
see also
burials; cremation
burials; cremation
futhark
(runic alphabet)
(runic alphabet)
Fyrkat fort, Denmark
Gaimar (chronicler)
Galandri rapids
Galicia
Gall-Gædhil
Galloway
Ganger Rolf
see
Rollo (Ganger Rolf)
see
Rollo (Ganger Rolf)
García, king of Navarra
Gardar Svavarsson
Gardarholm, Iceland
Garonne (river)
Gaul
Gausel, Norway
Gautbert, bishop
Gauzelin, bishop
Geirmundar tháttr
Gelling, Margaret
Geoffrey Malaterra
Georgia
Georgius Hamartolus
Gerd (giantess)
Gerloc/Adèle (dau. of Rollo)
Gerlög (named on Hillersjöhällen stone)
Germany
see also
Cologne; Hamburg-Bremen archbishopric; Saxons
Cologne; Hamburg-Bremen archbishopric; Saxons
Geza (Magyar chieftain)
al-Ghazal (Arab emissary)
Gibbon, Edward
Gijon, Spain
Gildas (monk)
Ginnungagap
Giraldus Cambrensis
Gisela (dau. of Lothar)
Gisla (dau. of Charles the Simple)
Gisli Palsson
Gisli Súrsson
Gizurr the White
‘Glælognskvida’
Glastonbury
Glendalough, Ireland
Gnupa (chieftain)
God-Odina, Orkney
Godfred Crovan, king of Man and the Isles
Godfrid, king of the Danes
Godfrid Godfridsson
Godfrid Klak-Haraldsson
gods
of the Rus
see also
Æsir/Aesir
Æsir/Aesir
Godwine, bishop of Rochester
Gokstad ship burial
Oseberg ship-burial and
Rus funeral compared to
shields
Goldstein, Daniel
Gorm the Old, king of the Danes
burial
in rune-stone inscriptions
Unni’s mission
Gorodische
see also
Novgorod
Novgorod
Gosforth, Cumbria
Göta (river)
Götaland, Sweden
Gotebald, bishop of Lund
Gotland
burials
expulsion of population
Grobin and
Lillmyr pit
Ragnar Lodbrok and
rock crystal lenses
rune-stones
sacrifice in
ship-settings
shipbuilding site
Spillings hoard
trade
Viking Age definition
see also
picture-stones
picture-stones
Gottskálk Jónsson
graves/grave-goods
see
burials
see
burials
‘Great Heathen Army’
Iberian and African raids
influence on Thorgeir Ljosvetningagodi
place-names
York and
see also
Danelaw, the
Danelaw, the
Gredby stone
Greenland
Christianity
climate
sun-compass
trade
see also
Saga of the Greenlanders
Saga of the Greenlanders
Greenland, bishop of
Greenwich
Gregory, Pope
Gregory, Pope
Gregory of Tours
Greta (river)
Grettir the Strong
Grimkel, bishop
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