Chapters (76)
- Cover
- Praise forMATTHEW HARFFY
- BY MATTHEW HARFFY
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Maps
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Place Names
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-One
- Twenty-Two
- Twenty-Three
- Twenty-Four
- Twenty-Five
- Twenty-Six
- Twenty-Seven
- Twenty-Eight
- Twenty-Nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-One
- Thirty-Two
- Thirty-Three
- Thirty-Four
- Thirty-Five
- Thirty-Six
- Thirty-Seven
- Thirty-Eight
- Thirty-Nine
- Forty
- Forty-One
- Forty-Two
- Forty-Three
- Forty-Four
- Forty-Five
- Forty-Six
- Forty-Seven
- Forty-Eight
- Forty-Nine
- Fifty
- Fifty-One
- Fifty-Two
- Fifty-Three
- Fifty-Four
- Fifty-Five
- Fifty-Six
- Fifty-Seven
- Fifty-Eight
- Fifty-Nine
- Sixty
- Sixty-One
- Sixty-Two
- Author’s Note
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- An Invitation from the Publisher
Early medieval place names vary according to time, language, dialect and the scribe who was writing. I have not followed a strict convention when choosing the spelling to use for a given place. In most cases, I have chosen the name I believe to be the closest to that used in the late eighth century, but like the scribes of all those centuries ago, I have taken artistic licence at times, and, when unsure, merely selected the one I liked most.
Some of the place names also occur in my Bernicia Chronicles novels with different spellings. This is intentional to denote that this is not part of that series and also to indicate the passage of time and the changes to language that occur over the centuries.
| Alabur | Aalborg, Denmark |
| Al-Andalus | The Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula |
| Al-Askar | The capital of Egypt from 750 – 868 |
| ar-Raqqah | Raqqa, Syria |
| Bebbanburg | Bamburgh |
| Berewic | Berwick upon Tweed |
| Boknafjorden | Bokna Fjord, Norway |
| Byzantion | Constantinople (Istanbul) |
| Cocueda, River | River Coquet |
| Cocwaedesae | Coquet Island |
| Cordova | Córdoba, Spain |
| Corebricg | Corbridge |
| Danapr | The Dnieper |
| Duiblinn | Dublin |
| Duncalden | Dunkeld, Scotland |
| Eoforwic | York |
| Fossa, River | River Foss |
| Farnae Isles | Farne Islands |
| Gwynedd | Early medieval kingdom, now a county, situated in the north-west of modern-day Wales |
| Gyruum | Jarrow |
| Hereteu | Hartlepool |
| Hidle | Sør-Hidle, Norway |
| Hǫrðaland | Hordaland, Norway |
| Ifriqiya | Area comprising what is today Tunisia, western Libya and eastern Algeria |
| Išbīliya | Seville, Spain |
| Jabal Tāriq | Gibraltar |
| Jaðarr | The traditional district of Jæren, Rogaland, Norway |
| Hesby | Hesby, Norway |
| Lågen | Suldalslågen river, Norway |
| Lindisfarnae | Lindisfarne |
| Loch Cuan | Strangford Lough, Northern Island |
| Magilros | Melrose |
| Madīnat as-Salām | The City of Peace, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Oguz il | (Oguz Land) Turkic state located in an area between the coasts of the Caspian and Aral Seas |
| Orkneyjar | Orkney Islands |
| Powys | Early medieval kingdom, now a county, situated in central modern-day Wales |
| Quentovic | Frankish trading settlement. The town no longer exists, but is thought to have been situated near the mouth of the Canche River |
| Rennisøy | Rennesøy, Norway |
| Roma | Rome |
| Rygjafylki | Rogaland, Norway |
| Sand | Sand, Norway |
| Sandsfjorden | Sandsfjord, Norway |
| Skeie | Skeie, Stavanger, Norway |
| Sørbø | Sørbø, Norway |
| Suldalsvatnet | Lake Suldal, Norway |
| Streanæshealh | Whitby |
| Talgje | Talgje, or Sør-Talgje, Norway |
| Tine, River | River Tyne |
| Tuede, River | River Tweed |
| Ubbanford | Norham |
| Usa, River | River Ouse |
| Uuir, River | River Wear |
| Uuiremutha | Monkwearmouth |
| Vestfold | Vestfold, eastern Norway |
| Volga | The Volga |
| Werceworthe | Warkworth |