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The Oxford Illustrated Histories are a series of single-volume history books written by experts and published by the Oxford University Press. [1] According to Hew Strachan , its intended readership is the 'intelligent general reader' rather than the research student.
Sawyer was born in Oxford, England, on 25 June 1928, the son of Grace Woodbridge and Bill Sawyer, a tobacconist. [3] He grew up in Oxford, except for time spent with relatives in Milford Haven during WWII. [3] Sawyer studied at Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, where he was a member of Jesus College and graduated with a B.A. Honours in ...
The opportunity for rich pickings drew other Vikings to the area, and by the end of the decade all the main rivers of West Francia were being patrolled by Viking fleets. [34] In 862, the West Frankish king responded to the Vikings, fortifying his towns and defending his rivers, making it difficult for the Vikings to raid inland.
"Writing history: Early Irish historiography and the significance of form" (PDF). Celtica. 23: 312– 325. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Sawyer, Peter (January 2001). The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-285434-6. Woolf, Alex (2007). From Pictland to Alba: 789 – 1070 ...
Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Sawyer, Peter (January 2001). The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-285434-6. Smyth, Alfred P. (1975). Scandinavian York and Dublin: the history and archaeology of two related Viking kingdoms. Templekieran Press. ISBN 9780391010499. Woolf ...
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-285434-6; Whitelock, Dorothy. "Fact and Fiction in the legend of St. Edmund". wmich.edu. pp. 225– 227. Archived from the original on 4 September 2006; York History (2007). "York history timeline".
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings. Ed., Peter Sawyer. Oxford University Press, New York, 1997. Chapter Seven: "The Danish Empire and the End of the Viking Age" by Niels Lund. The quote is from page 181. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Ed David High Farmer. Oxford University Press, 2004. See the entry on St Canute.