Second printing, 1968.
Fifteen hundred years ago there were no Englishmen in England. There were Britons in Britain, but the westward movement that gave rise to the English-speaking nations originated in Denmark in the year 449 A.D.
Englishmen may still remember their close connection with the North, from which area came most of their language and many of their democratic ideals and institutions. Americans may still remember their close connection with England, from which they inherited most of their language and many of their democratic ideals and institutions. Most Americans, however, are unaware of the first chapter of their own history.
Author(s): Viggo Starcke
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Year: 1968
Language: English
Pages: 382
City: Philadelphia
Denmark in World History 11
Denmark 14
The Stone Age 18
The Hunting Peoples 19
The Megalithic People 21
The Battle-Axe People 27
The Bronze Age 33
The Iron Age 47
The Teutonic Peoples 49
The Cimbri 51
The Teutons 57
The Hardi 58
The Ambrones 60
The Migrations 60
The Ostrogoths and Visigoths 63
The Eruli 65
The Vandals 73
The Burgundians 76
The Langobardi 77
The Silingi 80
The Ingvaeoni 80
The Frisians 81
The Franks 83
The Suebi 84
The Saxons 86
The Germans 87
The Jutes 88
The Geatas 99
The Angles 107
The Danes 120
The Skjoldungs 137
King Gudfred 145
The Vikings 156
The Sons of Lodbrog 188
Ivar 196
Halfdan 198
Language and Place-names 198
Law and Justice 201
Colonization 209
The Normans 217
King Gorm 231
Harald Blue-Tooth 243
Svend Forkbeard 257
Canute the Great 272
Conclusion 306
Bibliography 341
List of Illustrations 355
References 359
Index 372
