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Discover the tremendous impact Vikings had on the history and culture of Western civilization in this engrossing course by an award-winning professor of History.

Syllabus

  • 01: The Vikings in Medieval History
  • 02: Land and People of Medieval Scandinavia
  • 03: Scandinavian Society in the Bronze Age
  • 04: Scandinavia in the Celtic and Roman Ages
  • 05: The Age of Migrations
  • 06: The Norse Gods
  • 07: Runes, Poetry, and Visual Arts
  • 08: Legendary Kings and Heroes
  • 09: A Revolution in Shipbuilding
  • 10: Warfare and Society in the Viking Age
  • 11: Merchants and Commerce in the Viking Age
  • 12: Christendom on the Eve of the Viking Age
  • 13: Viking Raids on the Carolingian Empire
  • 14: The Duchy of Normandy
  • 15: Viking Assault on England
  • 16: The Danelaw
  • 17: Viking Assault on Ireland
  • 18: Norse Kings of Dublin and Ireland
  • 19: The Settlement of Iceland
  • 20: Iceland: A Frontier Republic
  • 21: Skaldic Poetry and Sagas
  • 22: Western Voyages to Greenland and Vinland
  • 23: Swedes in the Baltic Sea and Russia
  • 24: The Road to Byzantium
  • 25: From Varangians into Russians
  • 26: Transformation of Scandinavian Society
  • 27: Saint Anskar and the First Christian Missions
  • 28: Formation of the Kingdom of Denmark
  • 29: Cnut the Great
  • 30: Collapse of Cnut’s Empire
  • 31: Jarls and Sea Kings of Norway
  • 32: Saint Olaf of Norway
  • 33: Kings of the Swedes and Goths
  • 34: Christianization and Economic Change
  • 35: From Vikings to Crusaders
  • 36: The Viking Legacy
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Kenneth W. Harl

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