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.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 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: St. 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: St. Olaf of Norway
- 33: Kings of the Swedes and Goths
- 34: Christianization and Economic Change
- 35: From Vikings to Crusaders
- 36: The Viking Legacy
Taught by
Kenneth W. Harl
