The Northern Way

History of the Vikings

Chapter 15

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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHIES

(For a more complete guide to the literature concerning the history of the vikings, both modem works and sources, see Cambridge Mediaeval History, III, p. 618; various other useful bibliographies that should be consulted are indicated in the following short list of well-known books and articles.)

GENERAL

        R. NORDENSTRENG: Vikingafärderna. 2nd. ed., Stockholm, 1926.
        ALLEN MAWER: The Vikings. Cambridge, 1913.
      ----- The Vikings. Cambridge Mediaeval History, III, 1922, Ch. XIII, p. 309.
        HALFDAN KOHT: The Scandinavian Kingdoms until the end of the thirteenth century. Cambridge Mediaeval History, VI, 1929, Ch. XI, p. 362.
        AXEL OLRIK: De nordiska folken under vikingatiden och den äldsta medeltiden. Stockholm, 1926 (Swedish trans. by H. Ellekilde in Världskulturen, III, 1907).
        K. T. STRASSER: Wikinger und Normannen. Hamburg, 1928. See Bibliography, p. 207.
        M. W. WILLIAMS: Social Scandinavia in the Viking Age. New York, 1920. See Bibliography, pp. 431-44.

DENMARK

        ERIK ARUP: Danmarks Historie. I, Copenhagen, 1925.
        J. C. H. R. STEENSTRUP: Danmarks Riges Historie. I, Copenhagen, 1904.
        VILH. GRØNBECH: Nordiske Myter og Sagn. Copenhagen, 1927. See p. 172 ff.
        L. WEIBULL: Kritiska undersökningar i Nordens historia omkring år 1000. Lund, 1911.
        OTTO SCHEEL AND PETER PAULSEN: Schleswig-Haithabu. Kiel, 1930 (note especially important Bibliography, p. 149).
        L. JACOBSEN: Svenskevaeldets Fald. Copenhagen, 1929.

NORWAY

        A. BUGGE AND OTHERS: Norges Historie. I and II, Oslo, 1912-16.
        KNUT GJERSET: History of the Norwegian People. (2) vols. in one, New York, 1927.
        JOHAN SCHREINER: Saga og Oldfunn. Oslo, 1927 (in Vid.-Akad. Skrifter II, Hist.-Filos. Klasse, I).
        ----- Olav den hellige og Norges Samling. Oslo, 1929.
        HALFDAN KOHT: Innhogg og utsyn i norsk historie. Oslo, 1921.

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SWEDEN

        H. SCHÜCK AND OTHERS: Svenska Folkets Historia. I, Lund, 1914.
        CARL HALLENDORF AND A. SCHÜCK: History of Sweden. London, 1929.
        BIRGER NERMAN: Det svenska rikets uppkomst. Stockholm, 1925.
        A. SCHÜCK: Det svenska stadsväsendets uppkomst och äldsta utveckling. Stockholm, 1926 (full Bibliography p. ix ff.).

EAST BALTIC, RUSSIA, BYZANTIUM, AND THE EAST

        BIRGER NERMAN: Die Verbindungen zwischen Skandinavien und das Ostbaltikum in der jüngeren Eisenzeit. Stockholm, 1929 (K. Ant. Akad. Handl. 40: 1).
        T. J. ARNE: La Suède et l'Orient. Uppsala, 1914 (Arch. d'études orientales, vol. 8).
        ----- Det stora Svitjod. Stockholm, 1917.
        C. KADLEÈ: The Empire and its northern neighbours. Cambridge Mediaeval History, IV, 1923, Ch. VII, pp. 200-210; note especially Bibliography, pp. 819-821.
        V. THOMSEN: The Relations between Ancient Russia and Scandinavia. Oxford, 1877.
        A. A. VASILIEV: La Russie primitive et Byzance (in L'Art byzantin chez les Slaves, Ie rec. Uspenskij, I, pp. 8-19). Paris, 1930.
        V. O. KLUCHEVSKY: History of Russia. I, London, 1911.
        B. PARES: A History of Russia. London, 1926.
        M. HRUCHEVSKY: Geschichte Des ukrainischen Volkes. I, Leipzig, 1906.
        ----- Geschichte der Ukraine. I, Lemberg, 1916. French summary, Paris, 1920.
        L. NIEDERLE: Manuel de l'Antiquité slave. I, Paris, 1923. See p. 198 ff.
        V. G. VASILIEVSKY: Trydy (Works). I, St. Petersburg, 1908. For Varangians in Constantinople see p. 177 ff.
        B. DORN: Caspia. St. Petersburg, 1875. In "Mem. Acad. imp. Des Sciences, 7 S., XXIII", 1877.

WESTERN EMPIRE AND SPAIN

        J. C. H. R. STEENSTRUP: Normannerne. Copenhagen, 1876-82. I, Chs. 7, 8; II, Chs. 6-11.
        C. F. KEARY: The Vikings in Western Christendom. London, 1891.
        WALTHER VOGEL: Die Normannen und DAs Fränkische Reich bis zur Gründung der Normandie (799-911). Heidelberg, 1906.
        JAN DE VRIES: De Wikingen in de lage landen bij de Zee. Haarlem, 1923.
        R. POUPARDIN: Cambridge Mediaeval History, III, 1922, Chs. I-III passim.
        L. HALPHEN: ibidem, Ch. IV passim.
        E. WADSTEIN: Norden och Västeuropa i gammal tid. Stockholm, 1925.
        J. H. HOLWERDA: Dorestad en onze vroegste middeleeuwen. Leiden, 1929.
        P. C. J. A. Boeles: Friesland tot de elfde eeuw. Hague, 1927. See p. 220 ff.
        JÓN STEFÉNSSON: Vikings in Spain. In "Saga-book of the Viking Club, VI", 1908-9, p. 31.

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ENGLAND

        C. F. KEARY: op. cit., s.v. Western Empire.
        W. J. CORBETT: Cambridge Mediaeval History, III, 1922, Chs. XIV and XV Passim. Note also Bibliographies p. 625 ff.
        T. HODGKIN: Political History of England. I (to 1066), London, 1920.
        C. OMAN: England before the Norman Conquest. 7th. Ed. London, 1929.
        W. G. COLLINGWOOD: Scandinavian Britain. London, 1908.
        J. C. H. R. STEENSTRUP: Normannerne Copenhagen, 1876-82. II, Chs. 2-4; III, Chs. 3, 7, 9-12.
        F. M. STENTON: The Danes in England (Raleigh Lecture, British Academy, 1927: Proc. Vol. XIII).

IRELAND

        A. WALSH: Scandinavian Relations with Ireland during the Viking Period. Dublin, 1922. Note Bibliography, p. 77.
        ALICE STOPFORD GREEN: History of the Irish State to 1014. London, 1925.
        EOIN MACNEILL: Phases of Irish History. Dublin, 1920 (especially Ch. IX).
        ELEANOR HULL: The Gael and the Gall. In "Saga-book of Viking Club, V", 1906-7, p. 362.
        E. CURTIS: History of Mediaeval Ireland. London, 1923.
        J. H. TODD: War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill. Rolls Series: London, 1867. See especially Introduction and Appendices.
        L. J. VOGT: Dublin som Norsk By. Oslo, 1896.
        C. HALIDAY: The Scandinavian Kingdom of Dublin. Dublin, 1884.

SCOTLAND AND MAN

        A. O. ANDERSON: Early Sources of Scottish History. Edinburgh, 1922. Vol. I.
        R. L. BREMNER: The Norsemen in Alban. Glasgow, 1923.
        G. HENDERSON: The Norse Influence on Celtic Scotland. Glasgow, 1910.
        A. W. BRØGGER: Ancient Emigrants. A History of the Norse Settlements in Scotland. Oxford, 1929.
        W. G. COLLINGWOOD: Norse Influence in Dumfriesshire and Galloway. In "Trans. Dumfries and Galloway Nat. Hist. And Ant. Soc. (3) S. VII", 1921, p. 97.
        D. W. HUNTER MARSHALL: The Sudreys in Early Viking Times. Glasgow, 1929. Bibliography, p. 46.
        JAMES GRAY: Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-time. Edinburgh, 1922. Bibliography, pp. ix-xii.
        A. W. JOHNSTON: Orkney and Shetland Folk 880-1350. In "Saga-book of the Viking Society, IX", 1914-18, p. 372.
        SYMINGTON GRIEVE: The Book of Colonsay and Oronsay. Edinburgh, 1923. Especially Vol. II, pp. 1-128.
        A. W. MOORE: History of the Isle of Man. London, 1900.

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WALES

        J. E. LLOYD: A History of Wales. London, 1911. Especially Vol. I, Ch. IX, p. 320 ff.
        D. R. PATERSON: Early Cardiff. Exeter, 1926.
        ----- The Pre-Norman Settlement of Glamorgan. In "Archaeologia Cambrensis", 1922, p. 37. Cf. The Scandinavian Settlement of Cardiff, ibidem, 1921, p. 53, and a study of the Scandinavian placenames of Glamorgan, ibidem, 1920, p. 31.

FAROE ISLANDS

        F. YORK POWELL: The Tale of Thrond of Gate (Faereyinga Saga). London, 1896. See especially Introduction.
        A. BUGGE: Norges Historie. Oslo, 1910. Vol. I, Pt. 2, p. 151 ff., p. 265 ff., p. 370 ff.

ICELAND

        KNUT GJERSET: History of Iceland. London, 1924.
        D. BRUUN: Fortidsminder og nutidshjem paa Island. Copenhagen, 1928.
        VALTÝR GUDMUNDSSON: Island i Fristatstiden. Copenhagen, 1924.
        ARI THORGILSSON: The Book of the Icelanders (Íslendingabók) : Islandica, Vol. XX. Ithaca, N.Y., 1930, ed. Halldór Hermannsson.

GREENLAND

        F. JÓNSSON, D. BRUUN, AND P. NØRLUND: Greenland (ed. M. Vahl). II, Copenhagen and London, 1928, p. 331 ff. See especially Bibliography, p. 361.
        TH. N. KRABBE: Greenland: its nature, inhabitants, and history. London, 1930. English trans.; also in Danish, Copenhagen, 1930.
        FRIDTJOF NANSEN: In Northern Mists. (2) vols. London, 1911.
        P. NØRLUND: Meddelelser om Grønland, LXVII, 1924, p. (1) (for Herjolfsness) ; ibidem, LXXVI, 1929, p. (1) (for Gardar).
        IVAR BARDSSON: Det gamle Grønlands Beskrivelse (ed. F. Jónsson). Copenhagen, 1930. See particularly the detailed maps of the Norse settlements.

AMERICA

        W. HOVGAARD: The Voyages of the Norsemen to America. New York, 1915 (American-Scandinavian Foundation: Scandinavian Monographs 1). See Bibliography, p. 279.
        G. M. GATHORNE-HARDY: The Norse Discoverers of America. Oxford, 1921. Bibliography, p.. 299.
        FRIDTJOF NANSEN: In Northern Mists. London, 1911.
        H. HERMANNSSON: The Wineland Voyages. Geographical Review, New York, 1927, p. 107.
        J. FISCHER: Catholic Encylopedia. I, 1907. S.v. America, PreColumban Discovery of.

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