Vikings and Goths

A History of Ancient and Medieval Sweden

Gary Dean Peterson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

324 Seiten

2016
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9781476662183 (ISBN)

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Details the development of Scandinavia - Sweden in particular - from the end of the Ice Age, through a series of prehistoric cultures, the Bronze and Iron ages, to the Viking period and late Middle Ages. Special attention is given to Eastern Europe, where Sweden dominated commerce through the conquest of trade towns and the river systems of Russia.

The Vikings descended upon Europe at the close of the 8th century, invading the continent's western seas and river systems, trading, raiding and spreading terror. In the north, they settled Iceland and Greenland and reached North America. In the east, Swedish Varangians established a river road to the Orient. With the collapse of the Viking commercial empire, Sweden and the other Scandinavian countries struggled to survive, their hardships exacerbated by internal strife, foreign domination and the Black Death.

This book details the development of Scandinavia--Sweden in particular--from the end of the Ice Age, through a series of prehistoric cultures, the Bronze and Iron ages, to the Viking period and late Middle Ages. Recent research suggests a Swedish origin of the Goths, who helped dismember the Roman Empire, and evidence of Swedish participation in the western Viking expeditions. Special attention is given to Eastern Europe, where Sweden dominated commerce through the conquest of trade towns and the river systems of Russia.

Gary Dean Peterson is an independent scholar and writer whose published works include magazine articles and two books. He is a retired engineer living in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. A Land Reborn

2. The First Settlers and Sweden’s Mesolithic Age

3. Sweden of the Neolithic Age

4. Bronze Age Sweden

5. The Iron Age Comes to Sweden

6. Roman Iron Age in Sweden

7. Visigoths Defeat the Roman Empire

8. The Ostrogoths Build an Empire

9. Evidence of a Swedish Origin for the Goths

10. Sweden in the German Iron Age Migration Period (AD 400–575)

11. Sweden of the Vendel Period (AD 575–790)

12. Norwegian Vikings Assault the British Isles

13. Danish Vikings Invade England

14. Viking Raids and Conquests in Continental Europe

15. Viking Ships and Navigation

16. The Viking Search for New Lands

17. Danish Unification During the Viking Age

18. The Norwegian Struggle for Independence

19. The Empire of Knut the Great

20. William the Conqueror Invades England

21. Norman Kingdom of Italy and Sicily

22. Swedish Participation in the Western Expeditions

23. Swedish Unification

24. The Swedish People of the Viking Age

25. Sweden’s Early Viking Expeditions to the East

26. The Geography and People of Eastern Europe

27. Swedes of the Rus Khaganate

28. Sweden the Great

29. Words Written in Stone

30. The Last Great Expedition to the East

31. End of the Viking Age

32. Medieval Sweden (AD 1070–1350)

33. Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages

34. Novgorod the Great, Lithuania and the Rise of Moscow

35. Sweden and the Black Death

36. St. Birgitta of Sweden

37. Margareta and the Kalmar Union

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	17.07.2016
Zusatzinfo	27 illustrations, 28 maps, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	558 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-13	9781476662183 / 9781476662183
Zustand	Neuware