SWEIN FORKBEARD'S INVASIONS AND THE DANISH CONQUEST OF ENGLAND, 991-1017
Written by Ian Howard
Published by The Boydell Press
in 2003
ISBN: 0851159281
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SWEIN FORKBEARD'S INVASIONS AND THE DANISH CONQUEST OF ENGLAND, 991-1017
Written by Ian Howard.
Stock no. 1322610
1st.
2003.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Warfare in History series. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 188 pages. Some b/w maps. ISBN: 0851159281. Minimal bumping to spine and corners.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Figures
- General Editor's Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Propaganda and legend: Accounts of the invasions and conquest of England
- 2. Hindsight: Features explaining the invasions and conquest
- 3. Swein Forkbeard's first invasion
- 4. Swein Forkbeard's second invasion
- 5. The invasion in 1006
- 6. Swein Forkbeard's third invasion
- 7. Thorkell the Tall and the English succession
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- 1. Heimskringla
- 2. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: A Reconstructions of the annal for the year 1008
- Bibliography
- Index