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Passion of St. Kanute

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Frankish Annals

Einhard, Life of Charlemagne

Alcuin of York

Old English Orosius

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Rimbert, Life of Ansgar

Widukind of Corvey

Adam of Bremen

Ailnoth, Gesta et Passio

The Beowulf Connection Vikings in Britain and Ireland Vikings in Russia The Varangian Guard Vikings in the West (Iceland and Beyond) Pre-Christian Religion Norse and Icelandic Sources and Oral Tradition Christianization of Scandinavia The Origins of the Hamlet Story
The Beowulf Connection Vikings in Britain and Ireland Vikings in Russia The Varangian Guard Vikings in the West (Iceland and Beyond) Pre-Christian Religion Norse and Icelandic Sources and Oral Tradition Christianization of Scandinavia The Origins of the Hamlet Story