The Vikings,9780752417981

The Vikings

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ISBN13: 9780752417981
ISBN10: 0752417983
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-09-01
Publisher(s): Trafalgar Square
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Summary

The Vikings hold a particular place in the history of the West, both symbolically and in the significant impact they had on Northern Europe. Magnus Magnusson's indispensable study of this great period presents a rounded and fascinating picture of a people who, in modern eyes, would seem to embody striking contradictions. They were undoubtedly pillagers, raiders and terrifying warriors, but they were also great pioneers, artists and traders -- a dynamic people, whose skill and daring in their exploration of the world has left an indelible impression a thousand years on. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Magnus Magnusson, the well-known television broadcaster, has been closely associated with history and archaeology throughout his career. He has written and presented many historical documentaries for television and radio.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 6(7)
List of illustrations
7(2)
The Hammer and the Raven
9(14)
The mythological, literary and historical context
Bolt From the Blue
23(24)
Norway from the first raids west-over-sea to Harald Fine-Hair
`From the Fury of the Northmen...'
47(22)
Denmark from the first assaults on Western Europe to Harald Blue-Tooth
`Halfdan was Here'
69(22)
Sweden, the Russian connection and Constantinople
England at Bay
91(18)
From the first Danish invasions to Alfred the Great
`Bitter is the Wind...'
109(22)
Ireland, the Isle of Man and the north of England, to Eirik Blood-Axe
`An Island Called Thule'
131(20)
Iceland and the Faroes
The Ultimate Outpost
151
The colonisation of Greenland and the attempted settlement of Vinland---North America
Empire of the North Sea
The Norse earldom in Scotland and the Anglo-Viking empire of England, Denmark and Norway under Knut the Great
`Here King Harold is Killed'
1066 -- The end of the Viking Age
Bibliography
Index

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