Format:
Online-Ressource (152 p)
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ill., maps
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18 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0192806076
Series Statement:
Very short introductions 137
Content:
The Viking reputation is of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, yet they were also traders, settlers, and farmers, who have been variously perceived as poets, explorers, democrats, and statesmen. Julian Richards uses the latest archaeological evidence to reveal the whole Viking world, and examines their legacy - from medieval sagas to 19th Century nationalism. - ;The Viking reputation is of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, repeatedly plundering the British Isles and the North Atlantic throughout the early Middle Ages. Yet Vikings were also traders, settlers, and farmers, with a complex artistic a
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-139) and index
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""Contents""; ""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""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""
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""H""""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780192806079
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Vikings : A Very Short Introduction
Language:
English
