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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... - pathies for Denmark . - The Dane in England 179 THE NORWEGIANS IN SCOTLAND . SECTION I. Nature of Scotland . — The Highlands and Lowlands . — Population.— Original Inhabitants 189 SECTION II . The Anglo - Saxons . - The X CONTENTS .
... 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 Southern Isles ...
... highland . The valleys here are short and narrow , yet the country has not the wildness of mountain tracts . Although it contains England's highest mountain , Snowdon , whose summit is nearly three thousand five hundred feet above the ...
... highlands , and their brave inhabitants , the Cale- donians , arrested their victorious march . The Romans were now obliged to erect walls , ramparts , and towers , in order to prevent the highland Scots from uniting with the Britons ...
... Highland Scots and the Irish , there are still frequently found - and particularly in remote dis- tricts , as , for instance , in the Hebrides - dark - haired and generally small people , having on the whole dark com- plexions . It was ...