Page, R. I., Norse Myths (London, 1990).
Turville-Petre, E. O. G., Myth and Religion of the North: the Religion of Ancient Scandinavia (2nd edn, Greenwich, Conn., 1977).
VIKING LIFE AND CULTURE
Bailey, R. N., Viking Age Sculpture in Northern England (London, 1980)
Clarke, H. and Ambrosiani, B., Towns in the Viking Age (2nd rev. edn, Leicester, 1995).
Graham-Campbell, J., Viking Art (London, 2013).
Hadley, D. M. and Harkel, L., Everyday Life in Viking Towns (Oxford, 2013).
Jesch, J., Women in the Viking Age (Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1991).
Jochens, J., Women in Old Norse Society (Ithaca and London, 1995).
Karras, R., Slavery and Society in Medieval Scandinavia (New Haven, Connecticut, 1988).
Page, R. I., Runes (London, 1987).
GENETIC STUDIES
Sykes, B., Saxons, Vikings and Celts: the Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland (Norton, 2008).
Wood, M., and Harding S., Viking DNA: the Wirral and West Lancashire Project (Nottingham, 2010).
AFTER THE VIKINGS
Christiansen, E., The Northern Crusades (London, 1997).
McDonald, R. A., The Kingdom of the Isles (East Linton, 1997).
Sawyer, B. and Sawyer, P., Medieval Scandinavia (Minneapolis-London, 1993).
List of Illustrations
1. Viking gods (Werner Forman / Getty Images).
2. Viking longhouse at Borg, Lofoten Islands (John Haywood).
3. Bronze Age ships on petroglyphs (John Haywood).
4. Royal burial mounds, Gamla Uppsala (Jose Hernandez / Flickr).
5. Gokstad ship (Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Norway).
6. Viking helmet from Gjermundbu, Norway (Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Norway).
7. King Edmund martyred by the Danes, Pickering Church, North Yorkshire (John Haywood).
8. Irish monastic tower, Glendalough (Shutterstock).
9. Ruins of Luni, Italy (John Haywood).
10. Great Gate of Kiev (John Swift).
11. Walls of Constantinople (John Haywood).
12. Knarr ship (Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, Denmark).
13. Haymaking on the Faroe Islands (John Haywood).
14. Thingvellir, Iceland (Ullstein Bild / Getty Images).
15. L’ Anse-aux-Meadows settlement (Wolfgang Kaehler / Getty Images).
16. Aerial view of Hedeby, Denmark (Archäologisches Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein).
17. Aerial view of Trelleborg, Sjælland, Denmark (Thue C. Leibrandt / Wikimedia Commons).
18. Cnut and Aelfgifu (The British Library Board, Stowe 944, f.6).
19. Fenrir the Wolf and Yggdrasil in the Edda manuscript (Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies).
20. Ruins of Hvalsey church, Greenland (Wolfgang Kaehler / Getty Images).
Reviews
‘An excellent point of reference.’
BBC History Magazine on the New Atlas of World History
‘An excellent introduction to global history.’
Jeremy Black on the New Atlas of World History
About John Haywood
JOHN HAYWOOD was educated at the universities of Lancaster, Cambridge and Copenhagen and is an expert on the history of Dark Age Europe. He is the author of:
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings
The Celts: Bronze Age to New Age
Encyclopedia of the Viking Age
The New Atlas of World History: Global Events at a Glance
Chronicles of the Ancient World: A Complete Guide to the Great Ancient Civilizations
Viking: The Norse Warrior’s (Unofficial) Manual