THE VIKING AGE
THE EARLY HISTORY, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCESTORS OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING NATIONS
ILLUSTRATED FROM THE ANTIQUITIES DISCOVERED IN MOUNDS, CAIRNS, AND BOGS AS WELL AS FROM THE ANCIENT SAGAS AND EDDAS
BY
PAUL B. DU CHAILLU AUTHOR OF “EXPLORATIONS IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA,” “LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN,” ETC.
WITH 1366 ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP
IN TWO VOLUMES.—VOL. II
NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS. 1889.
COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY PAUL B. DU CHAILLU.
Press of J. J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York.
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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
CHAPTER I.
PAGE
MARRIAGE 1
CHAPTER II.
DIVORCE 25
CHAPTER III.
THE BIRTH AND BRINGING-UP OF CHILDREN 30
CHAPTER IV.
THE ARVEL, OR INHERITANCE FEAST 47
CHAPTER V.
FOSTER-BROTHERHOOD 61
CHAPTER VI.
WEAPONS 65
CHAPTER VII.
WAR CUSTOMS 102
CHAPTER VIII.
ROCK-TRACINGS 116
CHAPTER IX.
WAR-SHIPS 136
CHAPTER X.
THE FLEETS OF THE NORTHMEN 176
CHAPTER XI.
MODE OF NAVAL WARFARE OF THE NORTHMEN 181