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History of the Norwegian People, Volume 1

History of the Norwegian People, Volume 1

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Number of Chapters: 75

Length: 16 hours and 32 minutes

Language: English

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

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Preface (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Country and Its Resources (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Scandinavia in Prehistoric Times, The Stone Age (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Bronze Age (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Iron Age (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Migrations (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The People (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Dawn of Historic Norway (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Early Viking Expeditions (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Vikings in Ireland and in the Islands (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Vikings in France and Spain (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Vikings in England (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Alfred the Great and the Vikings (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Names Applied to the Vikings (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Struggle Between Norsemen and Danes in Ireland (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Viking Expeditions Eastward. Founding of the Russian Kingdom. The Varangians in Constantinople (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Life and Culture in the Viking Age (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Causes of the Viking Expeditions (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Towns and Commerce (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Dress, Houses, Food, and Drink (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Religion and Literature (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Early Social Conditions in Norway (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Origin of the Yngling Dynasty (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Harald Haarfagre. Unification of Norway (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Events Outside of Norway. The Norse Colonial Empire. The Orkney and Shetland Islands (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Iceland and the Faroe Islands (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Finmarken (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Normandy and the Normans (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Norse Colonies in Great Britain and Ireland (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Fall of the Kingdom of York (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Battle of Brunanburh (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Last Years of Harald Haarfagre's Reign (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Eirik Blood-Ax (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Haakon the Good (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Sons of Eirik Blood-Ax. Haakon Jarl the Leader of the Aristocracy. Loss of National Unity and Independence (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Olaf Tryggvason. The Introduction of Christianity in Norway (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Introduction of Christianity in the Faroe Islands and Iceland (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Discovery and Colonization of Greenland (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Discovery of the Mainland of North America (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Downfall of the Viking Dominion in Ireland. The Battle of Clontarf (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Norsemen in the Hebrides and in the Isle of Man (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Norsemen in Scotland (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Conditions in Norway During the Reign of the Jarls Eirik and Svein (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Olav Haraldsson or Olav the Saint (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Foreign Relations (Ærik Bjørnsson)
King Olav Establishes Christianity in Norway. His Laws and Administration (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Norway Under Danish Overlordship. The Battle of Stiklestad. King Olav the Saint (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Magnus the Good. The Union of Norway and Denmark (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Reign of Harald Haardraade (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Second Conquest of England (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Olav Kyrre. The Period of Peace (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Revival of the Viking Spirit. Magnus Barefoot (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Norwegian Coat of Arms (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Norway Participates in the Crusades. Eystein Magnusson and Sigurd the Crusader (Ærik Bjørnsson)
King Eystein Magnusson's Reign. The Acquisition of Jæmtland (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Reign of King Sigurd the Crusader (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Period of Civil Wars. Magnus the Blind, Harald Gille, and Sigurd Slembediakn (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Inner Organization and Growth of the Church of Norway (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Ragnvald Jarl's Crusade (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Second Stage of Civil Wars. The Rule of Erling Skakke and Magnus Erlingsson (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The English Conquest of Ireland. Events in the Colonies (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Sverre Sigurdsson and the Birkebeiner (Ærik Bjørnsson)
King Sverre's Reign (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Birkebeiner and Bagler. King Sverre and Pope Innocent III (Ærik Bjørnsson)
King Sverre's Immediate Successors (Ærik Bjørnsson)
King Haakon Haakonsson and Skule Jarl (Ærik Bjørnsson)
King Haakon's Coronation. Colonial Affairs (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Crusades and Crusaders (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Annexation of Iceland and Greenland (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Haakon Haakonsson's Expedition to the Hebrides. The Close of the Reign (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Literature and Culture in the Age of Haakon Haakonsson (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Magnus Haakonsson Lagabøter. A New System of Jurisprudence (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Growth of Trade and the Origin of a Distinct Commercial Policy (Ærik Bjørnsson)
The Reign of Eirik Magnusson (Ærik Bjørnsson)
Haakon Magnusson the Elder. The Change of Norway's Foreign Policy (Ærik Bjørnsson)
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