Denmark in World History: The External History of Denmark from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages with Special Reference to the Danish Influence on the English-speaking Nations

386 Pages·1968·35.518 MB·English

by  Viggo Starcke

DENMARK
IN WORLD HISTORY

DENMARK
IN WORLD HISTORY
The external History of Denmark
from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages
with special reference to the Danish influence
on the English-speaking nations
VIGGO STARCKE
Former Cabinet Minultr
and Member of the Danish Parliament
®
PHILADELPHIA
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS
University of Pennsylvania Press, 3933 Walnut
St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104. Original
title: Danmark i Verdenshistorien. Translated by
Commander Frank Noel Stagg and Dr. Ingeborg
Nixon, Lecturer at The University of Copen-
hagen and Mrs. Elmer Harp, Hanover, New
Hampshire. First Danish Edition: 1946. (Ejnar
Munksgaard.) Second Danish Edition: 1948.
(Ejnar Munksgaard.) Published with the help of
The Danish Ministry of Education, The Count
Hjelmstjerne-Rosencrone Foundation, The Tu-
bar g Foundation and A. P. Möller, Esq. © 1962
by Viggo Starcke, Copenhagen, Denmark. This
work is protected by copyright ; no part of it
may be reproduced without written permission
from the publisher.
Second Printing, 1968
8122-7374-5
Printed in the United States of America
By special permission
dedicated
to the memory of his Majesty
KING CHRISTIAN X
the late King of Denmark

CONTENTS
Denmark in World History 11 The Germans 87
Denmark 14 The Jutes 88
The Stone Age 18 TheGeatas 99
The Hunting Peoples 19 The Angles 107
The Megalithic People 21
The Bartle-Axe People 27 The Danes 120
The Bronze Age 33
The Skjoldungs 137
The Iron Age 47
KingGudfred 145
The Vikings 156
The Teutonic Peoples 49 The Sons of Lodbrog 188
The Cimbri 51 Ivar 196
The Teutons 57 Halfdan 198
The Hardi 58 Language and Place-names 198
The Ambrones 60 Law and Justice 201
The Migrations 60 Colonization 209
The Ostrogoths and Visigoths 63 The Normans 217
TheEruli 65 King Gorm 231
The Vandals 73 Harald Blue-Tooth 243
Svend Forkbeard 257
The Burgundians 76
Canute the Great 272
The Langobardi 77
Conclusion 306
The Silingi 80
The Ingvaeoni 80
The Frisians 81 Bibliography 341
The Franks 83 List of Illustrations 355
The Suebi 84 References 359
The Saxons 86 Index 372