History of the Norwegian People, Volume 1

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Middle Ages/Middle History, Antiquity

Authors: Knut Gjerset In Year : 1915

Book Language: English

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Preface
The Country and Its Resources
Scandinavia in Prehistoric Times, The Stone Age
The Bronze Age
The Iron Age
The Migrations
The People
The Dawn of Historic Norway
The Early Viking Expeditions
The Vikings in Ireland and in the Islands
The Vikings in France and Spain
The Vikings in England
Alfred the Great and the Vikings
Names Applied to the Vikings
Struggle Between Norsemen and Danes in Ireland
The Viking Expeditions Eastward. Founding of the Russian Kingdom. The Varangians in Constantinople
Life and Culture in the Viking Age
Causes of the Viking Expeditions
Towns and Commerce
Dress, Houses, Food, and Drink
Religion and Literature
Early Social Conditions in Norway
The Origin of the Yngling Dynasty
Harald Haarfagre. Unification of Norway
Events Outside of Norway. The Norse Colonial Empire. The Orkney and Shetland Islands
Iceland and the Faroe Islands
Finmarken
Normandy and the Normans
The Norse Colonies in Great Britain and Ireland
The Fall of the Kingdom of York
The Battle of Brunanburh
The Last Years of Harald Haarfagre's Reign
Eirik Blood-Ax
Haakon the Good
The Sons of Eirik Blood-Ax. Haakon Jarl the Leader of the Aristocracy. Loss of National Unity and Independence
Olaf Tryggvason. The Introduction of Christianity in Norway
Introduction of Christianity in the Faroe Islands and Iceland
The Discovery and Colonization of Greenland
The Discovery of the Mainland of North America
The Downfall of the Viking Dominion in Ireland. The Battle of Clontarf
The Norsemen in the Hebrides and in the Isle of Man
The Norsemen in Scotland
Conditions in Norway During the Reign of the Jarls Eirik and Svein
Olav Haraldsson or Olav the Saint
Foreign Relations
King Olav Establishes Christianity in Norway. His Laws and Administration
Norway Under Danish Overlordship. The Battle of Stiklestad. King Olav the Saint
Magnus the Good. The Union of Norway and Denmark
The Reign of Harald Haardraade
The Second Conquest of England
Olav Kyrre. The Period of Peace
The Revival of the Viking Spirit. Magnus Barefoot
The Norwegian Coat of Arms
Norway Participates in the Crusades. Eystein Magnusson and Sigurd the Crusader
King Eystein Magnusson's Reign. The Acquisition of Jæmtland
The Reign of King Sigurd the Crusader
The Period of Civil Wars. Magnus the Blind, Harald Gille, and Sigurd Slembediakn
The Inner Organization and Growth of the Church of Norway
Ragnvald Jarl's Crusade
The Second Stage of Civil Wars. The Rule of Erling Skakke and Magnus Erlingsson
The English Conquest of Ireland. Events in the Colonies
Sverre Sigurdsson and the Birkebeiner
King Sverre's Reign
Birkebeiner and Bagler. King Sverre and Pope Innocent III
King Sverre's Immediate Successors
King Haakon Haakonsson and Skule Jarl
King Haakon's Coronation. Colonial Affairs
Crusades and Crusaders
The Annexation of Iceland and Greenland
Haakon Haakonsson's Expedition to the Hebrides. The Close of the Reign
Literature and Culture in the Age of Haakon Haakonsson
Magnus Haakonsson Lagabøter. A New System of Jurisprudence
The Growth of Trade and the Origin of a Distinct Commercial Policy
The Reign of Eirik Magnusson
Haakon Magnusson the Elder. The Change of Norway's Foreign Policy

A detailed and exhaustive history of the Norwegian People, written in two volumes. The author, Knut Gjerset, was born in Western Norway in 1865 and immigrated to Chippewa County, Minnesota, in the US with his parents in 1871 and his brother Oluf later got elected to public office there. He received a B.A. in Literature from the University of Minnesota, and also studied at John's Hopkins University from 1895-1896, and the University of Heidelberg, where he was awarded a PhD, from 1896-1898. This first volume deals with the Norwegian History from the earliest times, to the early 14th century and covers topics such as: Prehistoric Norway and iron and Bronze age cultures in the area, the Viking era, The Christianization of Norway and some related information on Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland/Orkney Islands, etc., Early kings of Norway, Norway in the Crusades, and foreign policy reformations at the beginning of the Late Middle Ages. - Summary by Ærik Bjørnsson