The Vikings

Thoroughly updated and with a new foreword 'The Viking Age is shot through with the spirit of adventure. For 300 years, from just before AD800 until well into the eleventh century, the Vikings affected almost every region accessible to their ships, and left traces that are still part of life today' Far from being just 'wild, barbaric, axe-wielding pirates', the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia and made a major impact on European history through trade, travel and far-flung consolidation. This encyclopedic study brings together the latest research on Viking art, burial customs, class divisions, jewellery, kingship, poetry and family life. The result is a rich and compelling picture of an extraordinary civilisation.

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Else Roesdahl; Translated by Susan M. Margeson and Kirsten Williams

Product details

• Authors: Susan M. Margeson, Else Roesdahl, Else Williams Roesdahl, Roesdahl Else, Kirsten Williams
• Assisted by: Susan Margeson (Translation), Kirsten Williams (Translation), Williams Kirsten (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.09.2016
• EAN: 9780141984766
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198476-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 310 g
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > English; Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; HISTORY / Civilization, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Social and cultural history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE