The Age of the Vikings.
The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and traveled far from their homelands in swift and sturdy ships to explore. The Age of the Vikings tells the full...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Princeton : Princeton University Press,
2014
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| Schlagworte: | Civilization, Viking Vikings Electronic books Wikinger Geschichte |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (327 pages) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; 1 Introduction: The Fury of the Northmen; 2 Violence in a Violent Time; 3 Röriks at Home and Away: Viking Age Emigration; 4 Ships, Boats, and Ferries to the Afterworld; 5 Coins, Silk, and Herring: Viking Age Trade in Northern Europe; 6 From Chieftains to Kings; 7 At Home on the Farm; 8 The Religions of the North; 9 Arts and Letters; 10 Epilogue: The End of the Viking Age; Further Reading; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Index