The Vikings: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - Softcover

Richards, Julian D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192806076 ISBN 13: 9780192806079

Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2005

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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 and linguistic culture, whose expansion overseas led them to cross the Atlantic for the first time in European history.

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. We also look at the Viking identity, through their artistic expression, rune stones, their ships, and their religion. The Viking story is also brought up to date, by examining their legacy from the medieval Icelandic sagas to 19th Century nationalism, Wagner, and the Nazis.

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Julian Richards is Professor of Archaeology at the University of York, and co-director of the Centre for Medieval Studies. He specialises in the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age England, and has directed several excavations of Viking settlements, including the only Viking cremation cemetery in the British Isles. Previous publications include Viking Age England (Tempus, 2000).

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• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0192806076
• ISBN 13: 9780192806079
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
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