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Viking kings of Britain and Ireland : the dynasty of ́Ívarr to A.D. 1014 / Clare Downham.

Title
Viking kings of Britain and Ireland : the dynasty of ́Ívarr to A.D. 1014 / Clare Downham.
Author
Downham, Clare.
Publication
Edinburgh : Dunedin Academic Press, c2007.

Details

Description
xx, 338 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
Vikings plagued the coasts of Ireland and Britain in the 790s. A particularly successful Viking leader named ĺvarr campaigned on both sides of the Irish Sea in the 860s. This text provides a politial analysis of the deeds of ĺvarr's family from their first appearance in Insular records to the year 1014.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-322) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Prefatory note: Ethnicity and Viking-Age Politics -- 1. Ivarr and his Dynasty -- 2. Ireland -- 3. England: from the Conquest of York to the Battle of Brunanburh, 866-937 -- 4. England: from the Battle of Brunanburh to the Danish Conquest, 937-1013 -- 5. North Britain -- 6. The Kingdom of the Isles -- 7. Wales -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix. Prosopography of Viking-leaders named in Irish Chronicles to A.D. 1014.
ISBN
  • 9781903765890
  • 1903765897
LCCN
^^2008399763