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History of the Norwegian People, Volume 1

History of the Norwegian People, Volume 1

by Knut GJERSET (1865 - 1936)

A detailed and exhaustive history of the Norwegian People, written in two volumes. The author, Knut Gjerset, was born in Western Norway in 1865 and immigrated to Chippewa County, Minnesota, in the US with his parents in 1871 and his brother Oluf later got elected to public office there. He received a B.A. in Literature from the University of Minnesota, and also studied at John's Hopkins University from 1895-1896, and the University of Heidelberg, where he was awarded a PhD, from 1896-1898. This first volume deals with the Norwegian History from the earliest times, to the early 14th century and covers topics such as: Prehistoric Norway and iron and Bronze age cultures in the area, the Viking era, The Christianization of Norway and some related information on Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland/Orkney Islands, etc., Early kings of Norway, Norway in the Crusades, and foreign policy reformations at the beginning of the Late Middle Ages. - Summary by Ærik Bjørnsson


Alfred the Great and the Vikings

Birkebeiner and Bagler. King Sverre and Pope Innocent III

Causes of the Viking Expeditions

Conditions in Norway During the Reign of the Jarls Eirik and Svein

Crusades and Crusaders

Dress, Houses, Food, and Drink

Early Social Conditions in Norway

Eirik Blood-Ax

Events Outside of Norway. The Norse Colonial Empire. The Orkney and Shetland Islands

Finmarken

Foreign Relations

Haakon Haakonsson's Expedition to the Hebrides. The Close of the Reign

Haakon Magnusson the Elder. The Change of Norway's Foreign Policy

Haakon the Good

Harald Haarfagre. Unification of Norway

Iceland and the Faroe Islands

Introduction of Christianity in the Faroe Islands and Iceland

King Eystein Magnusson's Reign. The Acquisition of Jæmtland

King Haakon Haakonsson and Skule Jarl

King Haakon's Coronation. Colonial Affairs

King Olav Establishes Christianity in Norway. His Laws and Administration

King Sverre's Immediate Successors

King Sverre's Reign

Life and Culture in the Viking Age

Literature and Culture in the Age of Haakon Haakonsson

Magnus Haakonsson Lagabøter. A New System of Jurisprudence

Magnus the Good. The Union of Norway and Denmark

Names Applied to the Vikings

Normandy and the Normans

Norway Participates in the Crusades. Eystein Magnusson and Sigurd the Crusader

Norway Under Danish Overlordship. The Battle of Stiklestad. King Olav the Saint

Olaf Tryggvason. The Introduction of Christianity in Norway

Olav Haraldsson or Olav the Saint

Olav Kyrre. The Period of Peace

Preface

Ragnvald Jarl's Crusade

Religion and Literature

Scandinavia in Prehistoric Times, The Stone Age

Struggle Between Norsemen and Danes in Ireland

Sverre Sigurdsson and the Birkebeiner

The Annexation of Iceland and Greenland

The Battle of Brunanburh

The Bronze Age

The Country and Its Resources

The Dawn of Historic Norway

The Discovery and Colonization of Greenland

The Discovery of the Mainland of North America

The Downfall of the Viking Dominion in Ireland. The Battle of Clontarf

The Early Viking Expeditions

The English Conquest of Ireland. Events in the Colonies

The Fall of the Kingdom of York

The Growth of Trade and the Origin of a Distinct Commercial Policy

The Inner Organization and Growth of the Church of Norway

The Iron Age

The Last Years of Harald Haarfagre's Reign

The Migrations

The Norse Colonies in Great Britain and Ireland

The Norsemen in Scotland

The Norsemen in the Hebrides and in the Isle of Man

The Norwegian Coat of Arms

The Origin of the Yngling Dynasty

The People

The Period of Civil Wars. Magnus the Blind, Harald Gille, and Sigurd Slembediakn

The Reign of Eirik Magnusson

The Reign of Harald Haardraade

The Reign of King Sigurd the Crusader

The Revival of the Viking Spirit. Magnus Barefoot

The Second Conquest of England

The Second Stage of Civil Wars. The Rule of Erling Skakke and Magnus Erlingsson

The Sons of Eirik Blood-Ax. Haakon Jarl the Leader of the Aristocracy. Loss of National Unity and Independence

The Viking Expeditions Eastward. Founding of the Russian Kingdom. The Varangians in Constantinople

The Vikings in England

The Vikings in France and Spain

The Vikings in Ireland and in the Islands

Towns and Commerce