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CHAPTER X.— HISTORY. 



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St. Olaf s Son Magnus (the Good) restored to the Throne of 

 Norway — Magnus and Hardacnut, King of Denmark — 

 Magnus in Vendland — Svend Estridsson and Magnus — 

 Harald Hardradi at Stiklestad — In Russia — As Com- 

 mander of the Varangian Guard — He returns to Nor- 

 way and shares the Government with Magnus — Harald 

 as sole King of Norway — Harald's Invasion of England — 

 Battle of Stamford Bridge and Death of Harald Hardradi 

 A.D. 1066 — End of the Heroic Age — Picture of Norse 

 Life in the Heroic Age, ..... 238 



CHAPTER XI.— HISTORY. 



Magnus and Olaf (Kyrri) the Sons of Harald — Peaceful Era 

 in Norse History — House-building — Inns — Building of 

 Churches — Medisevalism in Norway— Death of Olaf 

 Kyrri, A. D. 1093 — Magnus Bareleg — His kingly saying 

 — His Death, a.d. 1103 — Magnus's Sons — Sigurd the 

 Crusader (d. 1130) — Magnus (the Blind) and Harald 

 Gilli — Beginning of the Civil War — Increase in the 

 Power of the Aristocracy and of the Church — Elevation of 

 Magnus Erlingsson (a.d. 1161) — The Power of the Church 

 — Rise of the Birkibeinar — Sverri — Civil War between 

 Magnus and Sverri — Defeat and Death of Magnus, a.d. 

 1184 — Personal Government of Sverri — Hakon Hakons- 

 son — Hakon's Expedition to Scotland and Death, a.d. 

 1263, ....... 264 



CHAPTER XII.— HISTORY. 



Magnus, the Son of Hakon — His Constitutional Reforms — 

 Fall of the Aristocracy — Norway united to Sweden — 

 Union, at Calmar, of the Scandinavian Countries — Nor- 

 way ceases to be an Independent State — Movements 

 which affected the Three Scandinavian Countries — Trade 

 — The Hansa — The Black Death — The Rivalries of 

 Sweden and Denmark — The Sture Family— The Rise of 

 the Vasas — The Reformation — Growth of the Russian 

 Empire — Transition to Modern Times, . . . 297 



