TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. INTRODUCTION 5
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
4. Map 8
5. I. THE VARANGIANS AND THEIR BYZANTINE INFLUENCE ON SAXO’S HISTORIA DANICA 9
6. II. THE VARANGIAN ELEMENTS IN SAXO’S TALE OF HAMLET 25
7. III. HAMLET’S GRANDFATHER, THE GREAT RORIK THE DANE 33
8. IV. THE VILIFICATION OF GERTRUDE 47
9. APPENDIX 56
10. BIBLIOGRAPHY 74
11. INDEX 76