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The Age of the Vikings / Anders Winroth.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (320 p.) : 15 color illus. 30 halftones. 2 mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691169293
  • 9781400851904
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 948.022
LOC classification:
  • DL65 .W63 2014
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- 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
Summary: 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 story of this exciting period in history. Drawing on a wealth of written, visual, and archaeological evidence, Anders Winroth captures the innovation and pure daring of the Vikings without glossing over their destructive heritage. He not only explains the Viking attacks, but also looks at Viking endeavors in commerce, politics, discovery, and colonization, and reveals how Viking arts, literature, and religious thought evolved in ways unequaled in the rest of Europe. The Age of the Vikings sheds new light on the complex society, culture, and legacy of these legendary seafarers.
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Frontmatter -- 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

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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 story of this exciting period in history. Drawing on a wealth of written, visual, and archaeological evidence, Anders Winroth captures the innovation and pure daring of the Vikings without glossing over their destructive heritage. He not only explains the Viking attacks, but also looks at Viking endeavors in commerce, politics, discovery, and colonization, and reveals how Viking arts, literature, and religious thought evolved in ways unequaled in the rest of Europe. The Age of the Vikings sheds new light on the complex society, culture, and legacy of these legendary seafarers.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)