| 787. | The First Coming of the Pirates | 48, 49 |
| 793, 794 | Their Raids on Northumbria | 49 |
| | The Significance of their Attack | 49, 50 |
| | Growth of the Scandinavian Peoples | 51 |
| | Conditions of their Life | 51 - 53 |
| | Character of their Country | 53, 54 |
| | Their Early Customs and Religion | 55, 56 |
| | The Wikings | 56 |
| | Their Mode of Warfare | 56, 57 |
| | The Causes of their Wanderings | 57, 58 |
| | The Two Lines of their Attack on Europe | 59 |
| | Settlement of the Northmen in South Jutland | 60 |
| 800. | Their Attack on the Franks | 60 |
| 810. | The Death of Godfrid and Civil War in South Jutland | 61 |
| 834. | Descent of the Northmen on the Isle of Sheppey | 62 |
| 820. | Their Descent on Ireland | 63 |
| 832 | Thorgil's Settlement in Ireland | 64 |
| | Its Effect in Arousing the West Welsh to Arms | 64 |
| | Effect of the Pirate Attacks in Arresting the Consolidation of England | 65 |
| | The Political Relations of Wessex and Kent | 66 |
| | The Military Resources of Wessex | 66, 67 |
| | Relation of the Church to the Frankish Kings | 67 |
| | Peculiar Position of the English Bishops | 68 |
| | National Character of the Church | 69 |
| | Effect upon the Church of the Pirate Invasion | 69 |
| 838. | Its Alliance with the West-Saxon Kings | 70 |
| 839. | Death of Ecgberht and Accession of Æthelwulf | 70 |
| 837 et seq. | Extension of the Wiking Settlement in Ireland | 71 |
| 837-845. | The Wikings Attack Wessex | 72 |
| 845. | Death of Thorgils | 72 |
| 845-848. | The Pirates Leave Wessex to Attack Frankland | 73 |
| | Importance of Kent | 74 |
| 838. | Pirate-raids on East Anglia and Kent | 75 |
| 851. | Æthelwulf's Victory at Aclea | 76 |