Klak-Harald)
Rosellon
Roskilde, Denmark see Skuldelev ships
Rouen
archaeological finds
Asgeir’s capture of
Danish language in
Louis’s occupation of
Olav Haraldson’s baptism
Rollo and
St Ouen’s bones
William Longsword’s birth
Rouen Cathedral
Rousay, Orkney
Rudolf, king of Germany
Runamo rock, Sweden
Runcorn
rune-stones
Denmark: Jelling
Gotland
Ingvar’s expedition
Kingigtorssuaq Island
Norway
poetry on
Sweden : bridge-building; Frösö ; Gripsholm; Sjusta
runes
runic inscriptions
on amulets
blacksmiths in
Bressay stone
bridges and
Cnut’s followers in
on comb
Cumbria
gender imbalance
Gorm the Old in
Gotland
Greenland
Ingvar’s expedition
Isle of Man
Jelling stone
Kingigtorssuaq Island
Lund walking-stick
ni ð stöng (shame-poles)
Norway
Oseberg ship burial
poetry
Thyrwi’s stone
‘vikings’ in
see also Bressay stone
Runolf (Icelandic chieftain)
Rurik, prince of the Rus
Rus
Christianity
cremation
al-Ghazal and
Louis the Pious, king of the Franks and
see also Kievan State
Rushen, Isle of Man
Russia
see also Kiev
Rustain (place-name on Pilgårds stone)
Rüstringen, Frisia
Ryfylke, Norway
sacrifice
in autumn
of Erling Håkonsson
forbidden
to Frey
of horses
in Iceland
kings and
in Norway
to Odin
by Rollo
by Rus
in ship burials
to Thor
see also funeral rites
Saeheim, Norway
Sæming
Sæmund the Learned
Saga of Erik the Red
Saga of Gisli
Saga of the Greenlanders
Saga of Gudmund Dyri
Saga of Gunnlaug Snake-tongue
Saga of Håkon the Good
Saga of Hallfred the Troublesome Skald
Saga of Harald Finehair
Saga of the Jomsvikings
Saga of Olaf Tryggvason
Saga of Orvar Odd
Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok and his Sons
Saga of St Olav
Saga of Sigurd the Crusader
Saga of Thorstein Oxfoot
St Aitherios island
St Brice’s Day Massacre
Saint-Claire-sur-Epte, treaty of
St David’s, bishop of
St Frideswide’s Abbey, Oxford
St Gregorios island
St Ninian’s Isle
St Patrick’s Island
St Quentin monastery
see also Dudo of St Quentin
St Wystan’s Church, Repton
Salomon, king of Brittany
Salve, king of the Swedes
Sami
San Isidoro church, Léon: Spain
Sancha, queen, consort of Fernando, king of Castile and León
Sandar, Norway
Sandnes, Greenland
Sandwich, Kent
Santiago de Compostela
Sarkel (fortress)
Sasirethi, Georgia
Sawyer, Peter
Saxo Grammaticus
on cockerel as medium
on haugbrott
on Jelling stone
on Klak-Harald
on Louis the Pious
on Ragnar Lodbrok
on Runamo rock
on Uppsala rites
on Viking raids across Baltic
Saxolb (chieftain)
Saxons
see also Hamburg
‘Sayings of the High One, The’
Schleswig
Schleswig-Holstein, duchies of
Sciath Nechtain, battle of
Sciringsheal, Norway
see also Kaupang
Scotland
see also Caithness; Largs, Battle of; Northern Isles; Sutherland; Western Isles
Scratby, Norfolk
Seeburg
‘Seeress’s Prophecy, The’
Sées, bishops of
seid see divination
Seine (river)
Rollo at
Viking camp
Viking raids
Selinas (river)
Selja, Norway
Seljalandshellir, Iceland
Serkland
Seulf, archbishop
Seville
shamanism
see also divination
shame
shame-poles
Shara, bishopric of
Sheppey, Kent
Shetelig, Haakon
Shetland
Bressay stone
Christianity
cross carvings
language
place-names
ship burials
horses in
Iceland
Île de Groix
Karmøy
sacrifice in
Snorri Sturluson on
Sweden
see also funeral rites; Gokstad ship burial; Oseberg ship burial; Sutton Hoo ship burial; Tune ship burial
ship museum, Norway
ship-settings
shipbuilding
ships
see also navigation; ship burials; shipbuilding
Sicily
Sigeric, archbishop of Canterbury
Sigfred (Viking leader)
Sigfrid (Viking leader)
Sigfrid, Danish king
Sigfrid, Saint
Sigrdrífa (Valkyrie)
Sigtrygg (Viking leader)
Sigtrygg/Sihtricáech
Sigtuna, Sweden
Sigtuna, bishop of
Sigurd (uncle of Olaf Tryggvason)
Sigurd, earl in Trøndelag
Sigurd the Dragon Slayer
Sigurd Jorsalafarer, king of Norway
Sigurd the Powerful, earl of