An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and IrelandJ. Murray, 1852 - 359 стор. "My aim in it has been to convey a juster and less prejudiced notion than prevails at present respecting the Danish and Norwegian conquests." -Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, An Account of the Danes and the Norwegians (1852) An Account of the Danes and the Norwegians in England, Scotland and Ireland (1852) by Jens Warsaae, was based on his research into the Scandinavian invasions of the European mainland. During the 10th century, the European mainland was invaded by Norse settlers from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, who intermarried with native tribes and came to be known as "Normans." While their influence on the history of France was significant, it was even stronger in England, which the Normans conquered in the 11th century. Warsaae's book, commissioned by the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries, was his attempt to revise the impressions that the 19th century British had of the effects of the Norman conquests on England. This replica of the original text is accompanied by numerous woodcuts. |
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... Firth . - The Highlands . - Caithness . - Sutherland . - Ding- wall . Fear of the Danes SECTION IX . The Hebrides . - The Northern Isles . - Lewis and Harris ( Næs ) . -Skye . - Ossian's Songs . - Iona . SECTION X. The Sudreyjar , or ...
... firth on the other , they form a natural boundary between England and Scotland . Farthest towards the west rise the mountains of Wales , England's real highland . The valleys here are short and narrow , yet the country has not the ...
... Firth . It is of considerable height , and is ornamented with a number of carvings of biblical scenes , mingled with figures of leaves , birds , and animals . Besides Latin inscriptions indicating and explaining these Christian carvings ...
... Firth of Forth to that of Clyde , in the low tract through which the Glasgow Canal has since been con- ducted . The Romans even extended their conquests far- ther northwards , as far as Burghead on the Moray Firth , to which place they ...
... Firth of Clyde to the north - west and north ; whilst the Lowlands take a direction from the Firth of Forth along the eastern border of the Highlands , and by the coasts of the North Sea . To the Firth of Tay , and northwards to the ...