The Story of Norway (The Story of the Nations)

xxiii, 556 pp. Includes fold-out map. CONTENTS: Who Were the Norsemen?; The Religion of the Norsemen; The Age of the Vikings--Origin of the Viking Crusades; Halfdan the Swarthy; Harold the Fairheaded; Erick Blood-Axe; Haakon the Good; Harold Greyfell and His Brothers; Earl Haakon; The Youth of Olaf Tryggvesson; Olaf Tryggvesson; The Earls Erik and Sweyn--The Discovery of Vinland; Olaf the Saint; Sweyn Alfifasson; Magnus the Good; Harold Hard-Ruler; Olaf the Quiet and Magnus Haroldsson; Magnus Barefoot and Haakon Magnusson; Eystein Sigurd the Crusader and Olaf Magnusson; Magnus the Blind and Harold Gille; The Sons of Harold Gille; Haakon the Broad-Shouldered; Magnus Erlingsson; Sverre Sigurdsson; Haakon Sverrsson; Guttorm Sigurdsson and Inge Baardsson; Haakon Haakonsson the Old; The Sturlungs in Iceland; Magnus Law-Mender; Erik Priest-Hater; Haakon Longlegs; Magnus Smek, Haakon Magnusson, and Olaf the Young; Norway During the Kalmar Union; The Union with Denmark; Norway as a Province of Denmark; Norway Recovers Her Independence.