| Summary: | Cover -- Title Page -- Imprint Page -- Contents -- Maps -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Dying Hard -- 1. The Viking Mindset: Three Case Studies -- 2. Hygelac and Hrolf: False Dawn for the Vikings -- 3. Volsungs and Nibelungs: Avenging Female Furies -- 4. Ragnar and the Ragnarssons: Snakebite and Success -- 5. Egil the Ugly and King Blood-axe: Poetry and the Psychopath -- Part II: Moving to the Bigger Picture -- 6. Weaving the Web of War: The Road to Clontarf -- 7. Two Big Winners: The Road to Normandy -- 8. Furs and Slaves, Wealth and Death: The Road to Miklagard -- Part III: The Tale in the North -- 9. The Jarls and the Jomsvikings: A Study in Drengskapr -- 10. A Tale of Two Olafs -- or, The Tales People Tell -- 11. A Tale of Two Haralds: Viking Endgame -- 12. Viking Aftermath: The Nine Grins of Skarphedin Njalsson -- Appendix A: On Poetry: Types, Texts, Translations -- Appendix B: On Sagas: Types, Texts, Translations -- Appendix C: Snorri Sturluson -- References -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index
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