Seafarers, merchants and pirates in the Middle Ages

Introduction: Venturing on the high seas

Rivers, coasts and seas: navigation in the early Middle Ages

Experience and innovation: shipbuiding in the Middle Ages

From landmarks to charts: advances in navigation

Dorestad, London, Ribe: the North Sea and its early trading ports

From Hedeby to Vineta: early trading posts on the Baltic

From the Varangians to the Greeks: along the Russian rivers

Early explorers: the Vikings in the North Atlantic

'Terrible portents': Viking expeditions of pillage and conquest

A medieval sea power? The Hanseatic League

'Friends of God and foes of all the world': the Vitalienbruder privateers

The maritime heritage of the Baltic and North Sea