# The Northmen in Britain Author: Hull, Eleanor, 1860-1935; Williams, Morris Meredith, 1881-1973 [Illustrator] Genre: Category: History - British Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69131 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Northmen+in+Britain+Hull&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The first actual descent of the Northmen is chronicled in England under the year 787, and in Ireland, upon which country they commenced their descents about the same time, under the year 795; but it is likely, not only that they had visited and raided the coasts before this, but had actually made some settlements in both countries. The Ynglinga Saga tells us that Ivar Vidfadme or “Widefathom” had taken possession of a fifth part of England, _i.e._ Northumbria, before Harald Fairhair ruled in Norway, or Gorm the Old in Denmark; that is to say, before the history of either of these two countries begins. Ivar Vidfadme is evidently Ivar the Boneless, son of Ragnar Lodbrog, who conquered North... ## Chapters - [Chapter XXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter XXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter XXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-northmen-in-britain-69131/chapters/11/index.md)