Ann Christys is an independent scholar. She completed her PhD, published as Christians in al-Andalus 711–1000 (2002), at Leeds and has published on the historiography of al-Andalus and on Christian–Muslim relations.

One of the great strengths of this book is that, from start to finish, all of the written sources – whether in Arabic, Latin, Old Norse or Romance – are treated with the utmost degree of caution ... Ann Christys treads a cautious path and we should all be grateful to her for having, with infinite patience and considerable skill, built such a secure and durable bridge to the various fields of operations of those Viking sun-seekers.

• List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: Don Teudo Rico Defeats a Viking raidChapter 2. From the Encircling OceanChapter 3. So the Story GoesChapter 4. A Mediterranean AdventureChapter 5. Waiting for the BarbariansChapter 6. The Wars of Santiago and Cordoba against VikingsChapter 7. Conclusion: from Charter to History to SagaAppendix 1: Glossary of Histories and HistoriansAppendix 2: TimelineBibliographyIndex

Ann Christys is an independent scholar. She completed her PhD, published as Christians in al-Andalus 711–1000 (2002), at Leeds and has published on the historiography of al-Andalus and on Christian–Muslim relations.

One of the great strengths of this book is that, from start to finish, all of the written sources – whether in Arabic, Latin, Old Norse or Romance – are treated with the utmost degree of caution ... Ann Christys treads a cautious path and we should all be grateful to her for having, with infinite patience and considerable skill, built such a secure and durable bridge to the various fields of operations of those Viking sun-seekers.

• List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: Don Teudo Rico Defeats a Viking raidChapter 2. From the Encircling OceanChapter 3. So the Story GoesChapter 4. A Mediterranean AdventureChapter 5. Waiting for the BarbariansChapter 6. The Wars of Santiago and Cordoba against VikingsChapter 7. Conclusion: from Charter to History to SagaAppendix 1: Glossary of Histories and HistoriansAppendix 2: TimelineBibliographyIndex

Ann Christys is an independent scholar. She completed her PhD, published as Christians in al-Andalus 711–1000 (2002), at Leeds and has published on the historiography of al-Andalus and on Christian–Muslim relations.

One of the great strengths of this book is that, from start to finish, all of the written sources – whether in Arabic, Latin, Old Norse or Romance – are treated with the utmost degree of caution ... Ann Christys treads a cautious path and we should all be grateful to her for having, with infinite patience and considerable skill, built such a secure and durable bridge to the various fields of operations of those Viking sun-seekers.

• List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: Don Teudo Rico Defeats a Viking raidChapter 2. From the Encircling OceanChapter 3. So the Story GoesChapter 4. A Mediterranean AdventureChapter 5. Waiting for the BarbariansChapter 6. The Wars of Santiago and Cordoba against VikingsChapter 7. Conclusion: from Charter to History to SagaAppendix 1: Glossary of Histories and HistoriansAppendix 2: TimelineBibliographyIndex