The Penguin historical atlas of the Vikings

The causes of the Viking Age

Timeline

Part I : The origins of the Vikings. The Scandinavian environment ; Scandinavia before the Vikings ; Pagan religion and burial

Part II : Scandinavia in the Viking Age. From chiefdoms to kingdoms ; Rural settlement ; Trade and trade routes ; Ships and seafaring ; Viking towns ; Women in the Viking Age

Part III : The Viking raids. The raids begin ; The raids intensify ; The Vikings in the Mediterranean ; The Franks fight back ; The great army in England ; The great raids on Francia ; Wessex defended ; The conquest of the Danelaw ; The Kingdom of York ; Vikings in Ireland I ; Vikings in Ireland II ; The Vikings in Scotland ; Scandinavian place names in Britain ; The Duchy of Normandy ; The Vikings in Brittany ; The Viking warrior

Part IV : The North Atlantic Saga. The Faeroes and Iceland ; The settlement of Iceland ; Icelandic literature ; The Vikings in Greenland ; Voyages to Vinland

Part V : The Vikings in the East. The Swedes in the East ; From Scandinavian to Slav

Part VI : The transformation of the Vikings. Raids on Æthelræd's kingdom ; The Danes conquer England ; The Empire of Cnut ; The Thunderbolt of the North ; The struggle for England ; The Kingdom of Man and the Isles ; The twilight of Viking Scotland ; Scandinavia after the Vikings ; The early Scandinavian Church

Viking Kings and Rulers.