tailieunhanh - The A to Z of the Vikings 19

The A to Z of the Vikings 19. This book provides a comprehensive work of reference for people interested in the Vikings, including entries on the main historical figures involved in this dramatic period, important battles and treaties, significant archaeological finds, and key works and sources of information on the period. It also summarizes the impact the Vikings had on the areas where they traveled and settled. There is a chronological table, detailed and annotated bibliographies for different themes and geographical locations, and an introduction discussing the major events and developments of the Viking age | 158 JORVIK Jomsvikinga saga which was written in Iceland c. 1200. Here the community is said to have been founded by the Danish warrior Pal-natoki on the Baltic coast of Wendland see Wends and his successor was Sigvaldi Strut-Haraldsson. However Saxo Grammaticus records an alternative tradition in which Harald Blue-Tooth is said to have founded the fortress of Jomsborg as a base for piracy. Certainly Harald had links with Wendland he was married to a Wendish princess and fled to the court of her father Mistivoi when driven into exile by his son Svein Forkbeard. However Wolin is nevertheless known to have existed long before Harald s reign. The Icelandic saga records that this community consisted of men between the ages of 18 and 50 who were employed as mercenaries. They had a reputation as bold and brave fighters and were bound by a strict code of honor. Most of the saga is set in the 9th and 10th centuries and concerns the Danish kings Harald Blue-Tooth and Svein Forkbeard. The Jomsvikings are said to have fought for Harald at Hjorungavagr where they were defeated by Hakon Jarl and according to Snorri s Heimskringla Sigvaldi is said to have betrayed Olaf Tryggvason at Svold. JORVIK. See YORK. JUMNE. See WOLIN. - K - KANHAVE CANAL. This canal was constructed on the Danish island of Sams0 linking the natural harbor of Stavnsfjord on the east coast with the sea to the west. The canal runs for about one kilometer and is some 11 kilometers wide with a depth that would allow ships with a draft of up to meters to pass through the canal. Its sloping sides were lined with wood which has been dated by dendrochronology to c. 726. This date suggests that the canal may have been constructed for the eighth-century king of Denmark Angan-tyr possibly as a way of controlling traffic passing through the Storeb lt to the Baltic Sea. KAUPANG 159 KARLEVI STONE. Rune-stone from the Baltic island of Öland off Sweden s southeastern coast which was raised around the year 1000 to .