Angus A. Somerville, now retired, formerly taught Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon at Brock University. Somerville was a contributor to the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.R. Andrew McDonald is Professor in the Department of History at Brock University.

"The Vikings and Their Age, and its companion Reader, will be useful to those planning introductory courses on the Vikings. For the student, it conveys basic information on a good range of topics, concisely presented, and with an apparatus that eases its accessibility to absolute newcomers. Its attention to source criticism makes it a suitable introduction to historical methodologies for new historians, or to literature students who seek to arrive at a better understanding of the period as a whole." - Dale Kedwords, University of Southern Denmark (Saga-Book)

• List of IllustrationsList of Text BoxesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. The Viking Age: An Overview2. Society and Religion in the Viking Age3. Viking Biographies4. How Do We Know About the Vikings?5. A Case Study Exercise: The Wandering Monks of Saint Philibert Afterword: Viking Impacts and LegaciesQuestions for ReflectionChronologyGlossaryReferencesIndex

Angus A. Somerville, now retired, formerly taught Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon at Brock University. Somerville was a contributor to the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.R. Andrew McDonald is Professor in the Department of History at Brock University.

"The Vikings and Their Age, and its companion Reader, will be useful to those planning introductory courses on the Vikings. For the student, it conveys basic information on a good range of topics, concisely presented, and with an apparatus that eases its accessibility to absolute newcomers. Its attention to source criticism makes it a suitable introduction to historical methodologies for new historians, or to literature students who seek to arrive at a better understanding of the period as a whole." - Dale Kedwords, University of Southern Denmark (Saga-Book)

• List of IllustrationsList of Text BoxesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. The Viking Age: An Overview2. Society and Religion in the Viking Age3. Viking Biographies4. How Do We Know About the Vikings?5. A Case Study Exercise: The Wandering Monks of Saint Philibert Afterword: Viking Impacts and LegaciesQuestions for ReflectionChronologyGlossaryReferencesIndex

Angus A. Somerville, now retired, formerly taught Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon at Brock University. Somerville was a contributor to the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.R. Andrew McDonald is Professor in the Department of History at Brock University.

"The Vikings and Their Age, and its companion Reader, will be useful to those planning introductory courses on the Vikings. For the student, it conveys basic information on a good range of topics, concisely presented, and with an apparatus that eases its accessibility to absolute newcomers. Its attention to source criticism makes it a suitable introduction to historical methodologies for new historians, or to literature students who seek to arrive at a better understanding of the period as a whole." - Dale Kedwords, University of Southern Denmark (Saga-Book)

• List of IllustrationsList of Text BoxesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. The Viking Age: An Overview2. Society and Religion in the Viking Age3. Viking Biographies4. How Do We Know About the Vikings?5. A Case Study Exercise: The Wandering Monks of Saint Philibert Afterword: Viking Impacts and LegaciesQuestions for ReflectionChronologyGlossaryReferencesIndex