Chapter I
THE HAMMER AND THE RAVEN
The mythological, literary and historical context
Chapter 2
BOLT FROM THE BLUE
Norway from the first raids west-over-sea to Harald Fine-Hair
Chapter 3
‘FROM THE FURY OF THE NORTHMEN…’
Denmark from the first assaults on western Europe to Harald Blue-Tooth
Chapter 4
‘HALFDAN WAS HERE’
Sweden, the Russian Connection and Constantinople
Chapter 5
ENGLAND AT BAY
From the first Danish invasions to Alfred the Great
Chapter 6
‘BITTER IS THE WIND’
Ireland, the Isle of Man and the north of England, to Eirik Blood-Axe
Chapter 7
‘AN ISLAND CALLED THULE’
Iceland and the Faroes
Chapter 8
THE ULTIMATE OUTPOST
The colonisation of Greenland and the attempted settlement of Vinland - North America
Chapter 9
EMPIRE OF THE NORTH SEA
The Norse earldom in Scotland and the Anglo-Viking empire of England, Denmark and Norway under Knut the Great
Chapter jo
‘HERE KING HAROLD IS KILLED’
1066 — the end of the Viking Age
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index