Viking London

Thomas Williams

• Publisher: William Collins
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9780008299873
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

London was reborn in the fires of the Viking Age, transformed by immigrants and natives, kings and commoners, warriors and saints.

In this short history, bestselling historian Thomas Williams explores the profound impact of the Vikings on London. Under the hammer of their assaults the city emerged as a hub of trade, a financial centre, a political prize, and a cauldron of voices and perspectives – a place that, a thousand years ago, already embodied much of what London is today.

Index

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Ackroyd, Peter 69

Ælfheah, archbishop of Canter-bury 65, 68–9, 71, 75, 89, 90

Ælfhun, bishop of London 69

Ælfric, archbishop of York 110

Ælfwynn 54

Ælgifu (Emma) 109

Æthelberht, king of Kent 11

Æthelflæd 36n, 42, 54

Æthelnoth, archbishop of Canter-bury 89, 90

Æthelred, king of Wessex 31

Æthelred, ‘lord’ of Mercia 36 and note, 38, 39, 54

Æthelred ‘the Unready’, king of England 62–3, 65, 66, 67, 69, 73–4, 75–7, 105–7, 109, 112, 113, 118

Æthelred’s hithe 47–8

Æthelstan see Guthrum-Æthelstan

Æthelstan, London staller 111

Akeman Street (Akemannestraet) 20

Aldersgate 72

Aldgate 8

Alfred, son of King Æthelred109, 112

Alfred, king of Wessex 31, 33–42, 43–4, 45–6, 50, 51, 53, 54, 73

Alfred and Guthrum, Treaty of 34

All Hallows by the Tower 99

Alt Clut 31

Angles 51 and note

Anglia 12

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 5, 28–9, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 52, 61, 62, 63, 66, 68, 89, 102, 107, 110, 113, 130

Anglo-Saxon Dictionary 37

Anglo-Saxons

Alfred’s realm 35–42, 45

burhs 42–3, 53–4, 72

development of Southwark 81–3

plunder and exploitation of 65

poetry and literature 14–15, 73–4, 100, 122

punishment meted out to 56

reaction to London 10, 14

remains of buildings, defences and settlements 22–4, 57–9, 71–3, 96, 99

settlement of Lundenwic 16–29

weaving and craft industries 25–6

Annals of St Bertin 5

Ansgar, London staller 111, 115

Appledore, Devon 52

arrival of Vikings at Ludenwic 13–14, 16

Asser, bishop of Sherborne 43

Athelney, Somerset 33

Athelstan, king of Wessex 56n

Augé, Marc 81

Baltic Sea 51, 51n

Barbican Centre 8, 9

Bath 20, 43, 72, 74

Bayeux Tapestry 79

Bayswater Road 18

Bede 6, 10, 12

Bedford 34

Bedfordshire 55

Benediktsson, Einar 122

Benfleet, Essex 53

Berkhamsted 115

Bermondsey priory 103

Bigelow, Poulteney 123–4

Birka, Sweden 7

Black, William Henry 19n

Blackfriars 83

Blackwater Estuary 61

Borough Channel 83–4

Borough Market 80

Bosworth, Joseph 37

Botolph Lane 48

Boudicca 10

Bow Lane 49

Bread Street 49

Brihtnoth, ealdorman of East Anglia 61

Britannia 7 and note, 11, 13

Britannia Inferior 7n

Britannia Superior 7n

British Museum 21, 99, 117, 127, 128

Britons 39

Broken Wharf 49

Brown Hart Gardens 126

Bruce House, Kemble Street 24

Brunanburh, battle of 70

Buckingham Palace 19, 110

Buckingham Street 22

Bugge, Sophus 122

Bull Wharf 15, 45, 47, 50, 51, 95

Burghal Hidage 42–3, 81

Burgred, king of Mercia 31–2, 38

Bury-St-Edmunds 111n

camps and garrisons 31–2, 53–4

Canterbury 6, 11, 28, 46n, 58, 67, 89

Canterbury, archbishops of 48, 49

Carmen de Hastingae Proelio 115

Ceolmundingchaga estate 45

Ceolwulf, king of Mercia 38

Charing Cross 20, 22, 23

Charlemagne...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Contents
• Maps
• Introduction
• I Lundenwic
• II Lundenburh
• III Lundúnir
• IV Lundúnaborg
• V Vikings Drink Tea
• Footnotes
• Notes, sources and further reading
• Abbreviations and Notes
• Index
• About the Author
• Also by Thomas Williams
• About the Publisher