Daily Life of the Vikings

Informationen zum Autor Kirsten Wolf is Torger Thompson Chair and Kim Nilsson Professor of Old Norse and Scandinavian Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.KIRSTEN WOLF is Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Klappentext Though infamous for their violent marauding, Vikings were but one part of the complex Scandinavian culture from which they emerged. This excellent and intimate study goes beyond the rumors of the fury of the Northmen, into the prosaic realities of the greater Scandinavian community, and is ideal for readers who want to discover the everyday details of living in this dynamic time and place. What were Viking families like? How were slaves treated? Were older people treated well, or regarded with contempt? Exactly how did they manage to travel from Baghdad to Greenland? Author Kirsten Wolf answers all of these questions and many more in this highly readable and informative resource volume, which will be a benefit and pleasure to the student and the general reader alike. For the reader's convenience, the work is organized into chapters covering all aspects life: domestic, economic, intellectual, material, political, recreational, and religious. It includes a historical timeline of Viking history, complementary pictures, illustrations, and maps, and a bibliography. Zusammenfassung Examines the daily lives of the Vikings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chronology Maps Introduction: Time and Space Domestic Life Economic Life Intellectual Life Material Life Political Life Recreational Life Religious Life For Further Reading

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kirsten Wolf
• Verlag: Greenwood Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 17 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.11.2004
• EAN: 9780313322693
• ISBN: 978-0-313-32269-3
• Seiten: 187
• Abmessung: 165 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Serien: Daily Life Through History; Daily Life; The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; European History, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries, World History: Culture