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1 online resource (215 pages) |
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data file rda |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The true story of one of the most famous of all Viking warriors who remains a national hero in Norway. With reference to Norse sagas and early chronicles, veteran historian Desmond Seward has written a vivid, colourful and insightful account of a remarkable man and the times in which he lived. |
| Contents |
Prologue: The Sword in the Burial Mound -- Introduction: Norway's Once and Future King -- Chronology -- 1 The World of a Young Norse Chieftain -- 2 Harald Fair Hair and His Successors -- 3 The Viking Olav Haraldsson -- 4 Olav Abandons the Gods -- 5 The Battle of Nesjar,1016 -- 6 Building a Kingdom -- 7 The Terrible One and Other Gods -- 8 The New Religion -- 9 Olav's Empire -- 10 Olav and the Swedish Princesses -- 11 A War on Demons -- 12 The Killing of Asbjorn Slayer of Seal -- 13 The Shadow of Knut the Great -- 14 War with Knut -- 15 Norway Rejects Olav Haraldsson -- 16 Exile in Viking Russia -- 17 Olav's Homecoming -- 18 The Old Gods' Revenge: Stiklestad -- 19 Olav's 'Return from the Dead' -- 20 The Triumph of Olav Haraldsson -- Epilogue: The Eternal King of Norway -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Translations and Spelling |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 02, 2023). |
| Subject |
Olav II, King of Norway, 995-1030 https://isni.org/isni/000000010718586X
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Olav II, King of Norway, 995-1030 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkhHMJb99RBYQpDgVPfbd
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Norway -- History -- To 1030.
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Norway https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRyK4jjG7gmVvd83RM4Y
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| Chronological Term |
To 1030
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Seward, Desmond The Greatest Viking La Vergne : Birlinn,c2022 9781780277950 |
| ISBN |
9781788855679 electronic book |
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1788855671 electronic book |
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