pt. 1. lecture 1. The Vikings in medieval history --
lecture 2. Land and people of medieval Scandinavia --
lecture 3. Scandinavian society in the Bronze Age --
lecture 4. Scandinavia in the Celtic and Roman ages --
lecture 5. The age of migrations --
lecture 6. The Norse gods --
lecture 7. Runes, poetry, and visual arts --
lecture 8. Legendary kings and heroes --
lecture 9. A revolution in shipbuilding --
lecture 10. Warfare and society in the Viking Age --
lecture 11. Merchants and commerce in the Viking Age --
lecture 12. Christendom on the eve of the Viking Age --
pt. 2. lecture 13. Viking raids on the Carolingian Empire --
lecture 14. The Duchy of Normandy --
lecture 15. Viking assault on England --
lecture 16. The Danelaw --
lecture 17. Viking assault on Ireland --
lecture 18. Norse kings of Dublin and Ireland --
lecture 19. The settlement of Iceland --
lecture 20. Iceland, a frontier republic --
lecture 21. Skaldic poetry and sagas --
lecture 22. Western voyages to Greenland and Vinland --
lecture 23. Swedes in the Baltic Sea and Russia --
lecture 24. The road to Byzantium --
pt. 3. lecture 25. From Varangians into Russians --
lecture 26. Transformation of Scandinavian Society --
lecture 27. St. Anskar and the first Christian missions --
lecture 28. Formation of the Kingdom of Denmark --
lecture 29. Cnut the Great --
lecture 30. Collapse of Cnut's empire --
lecture 31. Jarls and sea kings of Norway --
lecture 32. St. Olaf of Norway --
lecture 33. Kings of the Swedes and Goths --
lecture 34. Christianization and economic change --
lecture 35. From Vikings to crusaders --
lecture 36. The Viking legacy.