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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... Natural Features . - Population.— Oppression . SECTION VI . Shetland . The People . - Songs . - Sword Dance.- Language . - Names of Places . - Tingwall . - Burg of Mousa . - Tumuli.— Bauta Stones SECTION VII . The Orkneys . " pingavöllr ...
... natural features , whilst the sea is but a subordinate one . It is scarcely to be expected that such a country should produce good seamen . But in Denmark and Norway the case is altogether different . Denmark is surrounded on all sides ...
... 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 wildness of mountain tracts . Although ...
... natural beauties , contains the last remains of the former masters of England , the Celtic Britons . By its remote situation , its rocks and narrow mountain passes , the cha- racteristics of its former inhabitants have been preserved to ...
... natural that their dominion in so distant and sequestered a land as Britain should decay sooner and more easily than else- where , especially as the British chiefs did not fail imme- diately to revive the old disputes . Their rude ...