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Scandinavian History in the Viking Age
For purposes of comparison
The specific fate of the Vikings outside mainland Scandinavia is addressed in separate sections of the
bibliography (G-J), although with the greatest concentration on areas where a Scandinavian culture took
root at the expense of those regions where the Viking presence was more ephemeral and absorbed into
the local populace. However, an understanding of the history of the neighbouring regions of Northern
Europe in their own right is essential to an understanding of both Viking-age Scandinavia and Viking
activity abroad, and this brief section is offered merely as a starting point in this direction.
Europe
[A100] The Oxford illustrated history of medieval Europe, ed. G. Holmes (1988) [UL 532:2.b.95.17];
The Cambridge illustrated history of the Middle ages, 3 vols, ed. R. Fossier (1989) [UL 532:2.b.95.14-
16]; R. Collins, Early medieval Europe 300-1000, 2nd edn (1999) [UL 532:3.c.95.62]; R. Bartlett, The
making of Europe: conquest, colonization and cultural change 950-1350 (1993) [UL 532:2.c.95.178]; C.
Brooke, Europe in the central Middle ages, 962-1154, 3rd edn (2000) [UL 532:7.c.200.1]; The early
Middle ages, ed. R. McKittterick. The short Oxford history of Europe (2001) [UL 531:1.c.200.3;
C200.c.4300]
Recent articles devoted more specifically to individual areas can be found in:
[A101] R. McKitterick, (ed.), The new Cambridge medieval history vol. II c. 700-c. 900 (1995) [UL
R532.1]
[A102] T. Reuter, (ed.), The new Cambridge medieval history vol. III c. 900-c. 1024 (1999) [UL R532.1]
For encyclopaedic guides:
[A105] Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, 2nd edn (1973 ff.) [UL R466.17]
[A106] Lexikon des Mittelalters, 9 vols plus register (1977-99) [UL R532.7]
[A107] Dictionary of the Middle ages, 12 vols (1982-89) [UL R532.12]
England
[A110] F.M. Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England, 3rd edn, The Oxford history of England 2 (1971) [UL
541:14.c.95.25]. Two recent encyclopaedias are extremely helpful: Medieval England: an encyclopedia,
edd. P.E. Szarmach et al., Garland encyclopedias of the Middle ages 3 (1998) [UL R542.29]; The
Blackwell encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England, edd. M. Lapidge et al. (1999) [UL R542.27]. For
further guidance, see S. Keynes, Anglo-Saxon England: a Bibliographical Handbook for Students of
Anglo-Saxon History, 5th ed. (2004), of which an earlier version (1998) is available online at
www.wmich.edu/medieval/research/rawl/keynesbib/index.html
[A111] M. Chibnall, Anglo-Norman England, 1066-1166 (1986) [UL 541:3.c.95.50]; B. Golding,
Conquest and colonisation: the Normans in Britain, 1066-1100 (1994) [UL 541:3.c.95.57]
Scotland, Ireland, and Wales
[A113] A.A.M. Duncan, Scotland: the making of a kingdom, The Edinburgh history of Scotland 1 (1975;
pbk 1978) [UL 550:3.c.95.18, pbk Uc.7.6027]; A.P. Smyth, Warlords and holy men: Scotland AD 80-
1000, The new history of Scotland 1 (1984) [UL 550:4.d.95.3]; G.W.S. Dutton, Kingship and unity:
Scotland 1000-1306, The new history of Scotland 2 (1981) [UL 550:4.d.95.2]
[A114] D. Ó Corráin, Ireland before the Normans (1972) [UL 554:6.d.95.2]; D. Ó Cróinín, Early
medieval Ireland 400-1200 (1995) [UL 554:5.c.95.123]
[A115] W. Davies, Wales in the early middle ages (1982; pbk repr. 1989) [UL 485:2.c.95.53, repr.
1995.9.2807]; D. Walker, Medieval Wales (1990) [UL 485:2.c.95.78]
The Frankish empire and its successors
[A117] R. McKitterick, The Frankish kingdoms under the Carolingians 751-987 (1983) [UL
560:46.c.95.24]. See also the online bibliography compiled by T.F.X. Noble and J.M.H. Smith at
www.wmich.edu/medieval/rawl/carolingian/index.html
[A118] E. James, The origins of France: from Clovis to the Capetians, 500-1000 (1982) [UL
560:4.c.95.11]; J. Dunbabin, France in the making 843-1180 (1985) [UL 560:4.c.95.16]; E.M. Hallam,
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