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A richly drawn account of a single day in the Viking world, chronicling an hour in the life of 24 individuals from every corner of Viking society. From the bestselling 24 Hours series.Between the infamous Lindisfarne raid in 793 CE and the Norman conquest of 1066, the peoples we know now as
the Vikings became one of the most far-ranging and influential civilizations in history. The Vikings are frequently portrayed as raiders, marauding across medieval Europe and Britain, but the culture and society of the medieval Nordic peoples was so much more diverse, multifaceted and influential than it is often depicted.
In
24 Hours in the Viking World, author and
Viking expert Kirsten Wolf chronicles
an hour in the life of 24 individuals from every corner of Viking society over the course of a single day. From the warrior to the thrall, the shipbuilder to the farmer, the poet to the oracle, each chapter offers a snapshot of the world as it was in medieval Scandinavia, and an insight into how these people lived, loved, worked, fought and died.
The latest entry in the bestselling
24 Hours series,
24 Hours in the Viking World presents an
absorbing, grounded and tangible look at what it was really like to be alive during this
pivotal era in history.
Also available:24 Hours in Ancient Rome (9781789291278)
24 Hours in Ancient Egypt (9781789293517)
24 Hours in Ancient Athens (9781789293500)
24 Hours in Ancient China (9781789296488)
About the author
Kirsten Wolf is a Professor and Torger Thompson Chair at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A native of Denmark, she received her MA and PhD degrees in Scandinavian languages from University College London. She is the author of several books, including Vikings: An Encyclopedia of Conflict, Invasions, and Raids (with Tristan Mueller-Vollmer) (2022) and Viking Age (2013).
