Author: George WallerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The soldier's destiny. To which is added The Scrabster family
Author: George WallerThe Athenaeum
Author: Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: The Athenæum
Author: Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and Ireland
Author: Jens Jakob Asmussen WorsaaePublisher: Cosimo Classics
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
"My aim in it has been to convey a juster and less prejudiced notion than prevails at present respecting the Danish and Norwegian conquests." -Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, An Account of the Danes and the Norwegians (1852) An Account of the Danes and the Norwegians in England, Scotland and Ireland (1852) by Jens Warsaae, was based on his research into the Scandinavian invasions of the European mainland. During the 10th century, the European mainland was invaded by Norse settlers from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, who intermarried with native tribes and came to be known as "Normans." While their influence on the history of France was significant, it was even stronger in England, which the Normans conquered in the 11th century. Warsaae's book, commissioned by the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, was his attempt to revise the impressions that the 19th century British had of the effects of the Norman conquests on England. This replica of the original text is accompanied by numerous woodcuts.
Trawler
Author: Redmond O'HanlonPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307548252
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Having survived Borneo, Amazonia, and the Congo, the indefatigable Redmond O’Hanlon sets off on his next adventure: his own perfect storm, in the wild waters off the northern tip of Scotland. Equipped with a fancy Nikon, an excessive supply of socks, and no seamanship whatsoever, O’Hanlon joins the commercial fishing crew of the Norlantean, a deep-sea trawler, to stock a bottomless hull with their catch, even as a hurricane roars around them. Rich in oceanography, marine biology, and uproarious humor, Trawler is Redmond O’Hanlon at his finest.
Antiquarian Notes: a Series of Papers Regarding Families and Places in the Highlands. [Reprinted from the Inverness Advertiser and the Scottish Highlander.] 2 Ser
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Author: Charles Fraser MackintoshPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The Hostages of the Northmen
Author: Stefan OlssonPublisher:
ISBN: 9789176351079
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The aim of this book is to investigate the taking and giving of hostages in peace processes during the Viking Age and early Middle Ages in Scandinavia and adjacent areas. Scandinavia has been absent in previous research about hostages from the perspectives of legal and social history, which has mostly focused on Antiquity (the Roman Empire), Continental Germanic cultures, such as the Merovingian realm, and Anglo-Saxon England. The examples presented are from confrontations between Scandinavians and other peoples in which the hostage giving and taking was displayed as a ritual act and thus became symbolically important. Hostages were a vital part of the peace processes and used as resources by both sides in the 'areas of communication' within the 'areas of confrontation'. Literary texts as well as runic inscriptions, picture stones, place names, and personal names are used as source material.
H.G. Hawker, Airman
Author: Muriel HawkerPublisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Biografi over den kendte engelske flyver, racerkører, motoringeniør og motorfabrikant Harry George Hawker.