UID:
almafu_9959236577502883
Format:
1 online resource (152 pages) :
,
illustrations, maps.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4294-5976-X
,
0-19-151739-9
,
1-280-75285-8
Series Statement:
Very short introductions ; 137
Content:
Highlighting the latest archaeological evidence, Julian Richards reveals the whole Viking world: their history, society and culture, and their expansion overseas for trade, colonization and plunder.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2005.
,
List of illustrations; 1 Vikings then and now; 2 Early Scandinavian kingdoms; 3 Pagans and Christians; 4 Changes in the countryside; 5 Towns and trade; 6 Across the ocean: seafaring and overseas expansion; 7 Settlers in England; 8 Raiders and traders around the Irish Sea; 9 Vikings and Picts: genocide or assimilation?; 10 Landnám in the North Atlantic; 11 The edge of the world: Greenland and North America; 12 Reinventing the Vikings; Timeline; Further reading; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780192806079
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-177615-7
Language:
English
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