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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... rivers , are the most prominent 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 ...
... rivers , which receive in their protecting embraces the thousands of ships which from all quarters seek the coasts of England . The winter is considerably milder than in our northern regions ; and the sea air , not permitting the snow ...
... river Tweed on one side , and the Solway firth on the other , they form a natural boundary between England and ... rivers flow towards the east and west ; the latter of which , after a short and foaming course , discharge themselves into ...
... rivers of England . For about three centuries the Danes were the terror of the Anglo - Saxons . They generally anchored their ships at the mouths of rivers , or lay under the islands on the coasts . Thence they would sail up the rivers ...
... activity that everywhere prevails on the beautiful shores of the river . But it becomes doubly remarkable when we recollect that this spectacle is neither a new one , Sect . III . ] 11 THE DANISH CONQUEST . SECTION III The Thames -London.