The age of the Vikings

Introduction: The fury of the Northmen

Violence in a violent time

Roriks at home and away: Viking-age emigration

Ships, boats, and ferries to the afterworld

Coins, silk, and herring: Viking-age trade in Northern Europe

From chieftains to kings

At home on the farm

Religions of the north

Runes, arts and letters

Epilogue: The end of the Viking age.