Osher Lifelong Learning at UNM - Vikings Lecture 4
1. Map of the Carolingian Empire, 768-814: Map from Lynn
Hunt, The Making of the West, Volume 1, 3rd edition.
2. Maps of Viking attacks in France: left map from Vikings: the North
Atlantic Saga, edited by Fitzhugh and Ward; right map from Gwyn
Jones, A History of the Vikings.
4. The Vikings in Spain:
left map from Barbara Rosenwein, A Short History of the Middle Ages;
right map from Robert Ferguson, The Vikings: a History.
5. Vikings and Franks: left—an image of a Viking ship from the Life of
Saint Aubin, 9th century; right—crucifix discovered in a 9th century grave
from Birka, Sweden. Images from Vikings: the North Atlantic Saga,
edited by Fitzhugh and Ward.
6. Evidence of Vikings in France: left top—Frankish sword mounts;
left bottom—ax and spearhead of Viking warrriors;
right—the Hon Hoard. Images from Vikings: the North Atlantic Saga,
edited by Fitzhugh and Ward.
7. Vikings in Normandy: left—statue of Rollo; right—statue of Richard II
le Bon (the Good), both sculpted by Louis Rochet, 1851, at Falaise,
France.
8. Norman coins: left—coin of William I Longsword, reading Wilelmus
(top) Rotomagus (bottom); right—coin of Richard I, reading Ricardus
(top) Rotomagus (bottom). Rotomagus was the Latin for Rouen. Left
images from Jean Renaud, Les Vikings et la Normandie; right images
from www.home.ekard.edu.
9. Monastery of Mont Sant Michel. Images from Wikipedia and Wikimedia
Commons.
11. Evidence of Viking contact with Islamic culture:
left—Arabic coins recovered in Scandinavia; right—Arabic coins,
weights, strike-light, and dress pin found in a Viking grave. Images
from Vikings: the North Atlantic Saga, edited by Fitzhugh and Ward.
Notas do Editor
Map from Barbara Rosenwein, A Short History of the Middle Ages.
Coin on top reads Wilelmus; coin on bottom reads Rotomagus, which was the Latin for Rouen.