The Coming of the Vikings
The Coming of the Vikings
This chapter discusses the history of the coming of the Vikings. It covers kings and kingdoms in 793; Scandinavian attacks on Northumbria; conditions in Scandinavia in the late eighth century; Norway in the Viking Age, causes of the Viking Age; the Vikings in Scotland; and the dynasty of Wrguist (789–839).
Keywords: kings, kingdoms, Scandinavia, Viking Age, Scotland, Northumbria, Norway, Wrguist
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