Viking Olaf Celebrates Jul

Author : Ingrid Oslo
Publisher : Ingrid Oslo
ISBN 13 : 1654763284
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Viking Olaf celebrates Jul written by Ingrid Oslo and published by Ingrid Oslo. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of short stories to help beginners learn Norwegian. All the stories are bilingual and dual language. Norwegian on the left and English on the right. Viking Olaf and Viking Ragnhild celebrate Jul, or Scandinavian Christmas. All the text is dual language and bilingual, with bokmal Norwegian on the left and English on the right. Learn the Norwegian language, history, culture, and mythology. - Ragnhild and Olaf look for a Christmas (Jul) tree and try to pet a baby reindeer - Meet the nisser, which are tiny gnomes who live in Norwegian houses - Join the village children and go julebukking. Olaf dresses up as the scary Julebukk and gives out treats and sweets. - Meet a new Swedish vegetarian friend, Greta - Learn about the Christmas pig with the Norse gods, Freyr, Odin, and Thor - Continue the holiday Jul cheer until January 13, or King Knut’s Day

Author : George Barton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.KC/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celebrated Spies and Famous Mysteries of the Great War written by George Barton and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Carr
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1399087827
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Viking Saint written by John Carr and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2022-07-28 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vikings and sainthood are not concepts normally found side by side. But Norway’s King Olaf II Haraldsson (c. 995-1030) embodied both to an extraordinary degree. As a battle-eager teenager he almost single-handedly pulled down London Bridge (as in the nursery rhyme) and took part in many other Viking raids . Olaf lacked none of the traditional Viking qualities of toughness and audacity, yet his routine baptism grew into a burning missionary faith that was all the more remarkable for being combined with his typically Viking determination and energy – and sometimes ruthlessness as well. His overriding mission was to Christianize Norway and extirpate heathenism. His unstinting efforts, often at great peril to his life, earned him the Norwegian throne in 1015, when he had barely reached his twenties. For the next fifteen years he laboured against immense odds to subdue the rebellious heathen nobles of Norway while fending off Swedish hostility. Both finally combined against Olaf in 1030, when he fell bravely in battle not far from Trondheim, still only in his mid-thirties. After his body was found to possess healing powers, and reports of them spread from Scandinavia to Spain and Byzantium, Olaf II was canonized a saint 134 years later. He remains Norway’s patron saint as well as a legendary warrior. Yet more remarkably, he remains a saint not only of the Protestant church but also of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches – perhaps the only European fighting saint to achieve such acceptance.

Author : Carol Hand
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1614808767
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Norway written by Carol Hand and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore diverse landscapes, travel back in time, and discover unique populations, all without leaving your chair! Start your international tour in Norway, land of fjords, the Vikings, the northern lights, and so much more. This colorful, informative book introduces Norway's history, geography, culture, climate, government, economy, and other significant features. Sidebars, maps, fact pages, a glossary, a timeline, historic images and full-color photos, and well-placed graphs and charts enhance this engaging title. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Kelly Farrell
Publisher : Centennial Books
ISBN 13 : 1951274342
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vikings written by Kelly Farrell and published by Centennial Books. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over one thousand years ago, kingdoms across Europe were changed forever as the Vikings sailed in. Prepare here to board an iconic Norse ship and be transported into the battles, the legacies, and the everyday lives of these intrepid warriors. From buried treasure to noble laws, to murderouos myths: this the story of the Vikings. The Vikings were the original explorers with a legacy going back to 800 AD. Popular culture thinks the 1600s was the Age of Discovery when Europe discovered the Americas. Did you know some of the most exciting days of seafaring expansion took place close to a thousand years before that when a group of seafaring Scandinavians departed their homelands for the British Isles, seeking great power and prosperity at all costs? For the next three centuries, the daring voyagers pillaged and plundered their way to a vast kingdom, and in the process, developed new trade routes, spreading everything from commerce to art to language from the Far East to the New World. The pages of this book will take you into the Norseman's universe - their daily lives and ritual deaths. We’ll explore the magical mythology of the Norse gods, go behind-the-scenes of the hit History series Vikings, and examine their lasting legacy on the today's world. We even cover pop culture too — much of Game of Thrones was based on the vikings (and countless other shows and movies too). Here, in these richly illustrated pages, is everything you need to know about the medieval warriors of the sea.

Author : Gary Dean Peterson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476662185
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vikings and Goths written by Gary Dean Peterson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vikings descended upon Europe at the close of the 8th century, invading the continent's western seas and river systems, trading, raiding and spreading terror. In the north, they settled Iceland and Greenland and reached North America. In the east, Swedish Varangians established a river road to the Orient. With the collapse of the Viking commercial empire, Sweden and the other Scandinavian countries struggled to survive, their hardships exacerbated by internal strife, foreign domination and the Black Death. This book details the development of Scandinavia--Sweden in particular--from the end of the Ice Age, through a series of prehistoric cultures, the Bronze and Iron ages, to the Viking period and late Middle Ages. Recent research suggests a Swedish origin of the Goths, who helped dismember the Roman Empire, and evidence of Swedish participation in the western Viking expeditions. Special attention is given to Eastern Europe, where Sweden dominated commerce through the conquest of trade towns and the river systems of Russia.

Author : Arthur Herman
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 1328595900
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Viking Heart written by Arthur Herman and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2021 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America

Author : Helen Tookey
Publisher : Liverpool English Texts and St
ISBN 13 : 1789621836
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remaking the Voyage written by Helen Tookey and published by Liverpool English Texts and St. This book was released on 2020 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Who ever thought they would one day be able to read Malcolm Lowry's fabled novel of the 1930s and 40s, In Ballast to the White Sea? Lord knows, I didn't' - Michael Hofmann This book breaks new ground in studies of the British novelist Malcolm Lowry (1909-57), as the first collection of new essays produced in response to the publication in 2014 of a scholarly edition of Lowry's 'lost' novel, In Ballast to the White Sea. In a detailed introduction, editors Helen Tookey and Bryan Biggs show how the publication of In Ballast sheds new light on Lowry as both a highly political writer and a writer deeply influenced by his native Merseyside, as his protagonist Sigbjørn Hansen-Tarnmoor walks the streets of Liverpool, wrestling with his own conscience and with the pressing questions of class, identity and social reform. The introduction is followed by chapters in which renowned Lowry scholars and newer voices explore key aspects of the novel and its relation to the wider contexts of Lowry's work, including his complex relation to socialism and communism, the symbolic value of Norway and things Nordic, and the significance of tropes of loss, hauntings and doublings. The book draws on the unexpected opportunity offered by the rediscovery of In Ballast to look afresh at Lowry's oeuvre, to 'remake the voyage'.

Author : Katherine Holman
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810865890
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Vikings written by Katherine Holman and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2003-09-29 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of the Vikings traces Viking activity in Europe, North America, and Asia for over three centuries. During this period people from Scandinavia used their longships to launch lightning raids upon their European neighbors, to colonize new lands in the east and west, and to exchange Scandinavian furs for eastern wine and spices and Arab silver. The Viking age also saw significant changes at home in Scandinavia - kings extended their power, Norse paganism lost ground to christianity, and new towns and ports thrived as a result of increased contact with the wider world. This book provides a comprehensive work of reference for people interested in the Vikings, including entries on the main historical figures involved in this dramatic period, important battles and treaties, significant archaeological finds, and key works and sources of information on the period. It also summarizes the impact the Vikings had on the areas where they traveled and settled. There is a chronological table, detailed and annotated bibliographies for different themes and geographical locations, and an introduction discussing the major events and developments of the Viking age.

Author : Thomas M. Wilson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1487 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Europe [2 volumes] written by Thomas M. Wilson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 1487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume encyclopedia profiles the contemporary culture and society of every country in Europe. Each country receives a chapter encompassing such topics as religion, lifestyle and leisure, standard of living, cuisine, gender roles, relationships, dress, music, visual arts, and architecture. This authoritative and comprehensive encyclopedia provides readers with richly detailed entries on the 45 nations that comprise modern Europe. Each country profile looks at elements of contemporary life related to family and work, including popular pastimes, customs, beliefs, and attitudes. Students can make cross-cultural comparisons-for instance, a student could compare social customs in Denmark with those in Norway, compare Greece's cuisine with that of Italy, and contrast the architecture of Paris with Amsterdam and Barcelona. Culture and society are changing in each region and nation of Europe due to many political and economic forces, both inside and outside of each nation's borders. This encyclopedia considers many of the transformations connected to globalization, as well as traditions that still hold strong, to provide a complete assessment of the processes that make European societies and cultures distinctive.