Exploring the World of the Vikings

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

This authoritative survey of Viking history and culture, now available in paperback, tells the complete story of the Vikings from their origins in Scandinavia during the first millennium ad, through the incredible period of raiding, trading and settling known as the Viking Age, to their last surviving settlements in 15th-century Greenland. Drawing on the very latest discoveries and augmenting textual evidence with fine archaeological detail, this sweeping narrative, written by a leading authority, creates a vivid picture of the Vikings at home and abroad in an era that laid many of the foundations of the modern world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-07-12
Mått:188 x 244 x 19 mm
Vikt:800 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN:9780500290514

Utforska kategorier

Medeltiden inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Richard Hall is Director of Archaeology at York Archaeological Trust. He led the excavations of Viking Age York, and helped to devise the world-famous Jorvik Viking Centre there. He is one of the foremost experts on the Viking world.

Recensioner i media

'Fascinatingly detailed … without doubt the most attractively presented study of the Vikings currently available … Hall’s book has no rival' - The Historian

Innehållsförteckning

I. Who Were the Vikings? • II. Viking Life and Culture • III. Raiders and Invaders • IV. Invaders and Settlers • V. New Found Lands • VI. Expressions of Identity: Religion and Art • VII. The Later Viking Age • VIII. The End and After • IX. Nationalists, Romantics, Madmen and Scholars