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The greatest Viking : the life of Olav Haraldsson
- Title
- The greatest Viking : the life of Olav Haraldsson / Desmond Seward.
- Author
- Seward, Desmond, 1935-2022
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Birlinn Limited, 2022.
- ©2022
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DL468.5.O42 S48 2022 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 256 pages : color illustrations; 25 cm
- 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781780277950
- 1780277954
- 9781788855679 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022360226
- OCLC
- on1346517252
- 1346517252
- SCSB-14509965
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library