History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, Vol. 2 (of 2)Dunham, S. A. (Samuel Astley)
History
History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Dunham, S. A. (Samuel Astley)
Scandinavia -- History
1380–1386. Olaf becomes King of Norway; ambitious 256
Policy of the Queen-Mother
1386. Transactions with the House of Holstein 257
1387. Sudden Death of Olaf 258
CHAP. II.
NORWAY.
1030–1387.
CANUTE THE GREAT.—SWEYN.—MAGNUS I.—HARALD HARDRADE.—OLAF III.—MAGNUS
II.—MAGNUS BAREFOOT.—EVILS OF A DIVIDED SOVEREIGNTY.—ROMANTIC
ADVENTURES OF SIGURD I.—MAGNUS IV.—CIVIL WARS.—EXTRAORDINARY
ADVENTURES OF SWERRO.—HAKO IV.—MAGNUS VI.—ERIC II.—HAKO V.—OTHER
SOVEREIGNS.—UNION OF NORWAY WITH DENMARK.
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1030–1035. CANUTE THE GREAT.—SWEYN 260
1035. The Norwegians look to Magnus, a bastard 261
Son of St. Olaf
1035, 1036. MAGNUS I. enters into a Treaty with the 262
King of Denmark
1038–1040. His Mother and Stepmother 262
1042–1046. He becomes King of Denmark 262
1047. Last Days of this Monarch 263
1047–1064. HARALD HARDRADE 263
1066. He falls in England 264
1066–1069. Two Kings in Norway 264
1069–1093. Olaf alone 264
1093–1095. MAGNUS BAREFOOT 265
1096–1099. His Expedition to the British Isles 265
1099–1101. His War with Sweden 266
1102–1103. His second Expedition to these Islands, 266
and his Death in Ireland
1103. Partition of the Sovereignty between his 267
three Sons
1103–1122. Fate of two of them 268
1107–1111. Romantic Adventures of the third Son, 268
Sigurd I.
1111–1123. His Severity against Idolaters 269
1124–1130. His strange Conduct 270
1130. MAGNUS IV. compelled to share the 271
Kingdom with an Adventurer
1130–1152. HARALD IV.—SIGURD II., &c. 272
1152. Arrival of a Papal Legate 273
1153–1161. Internal Troubles 274
1161–1164. Continued 275
1164–1170. Transactions with Denmark 276
1166–1169. Troubles; Rival for the Throne 276
1173–1177. A second Rival 277
1174–1178. A third, the celebrated Swerro 277
1178–1186. His romantic Adventures 278
1186–1194. Swerro’s vigorous Rule 280
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