The Vikings Revised Edition,9780140252828

The Vikings Revised Edition

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780140252828
ISBN10: 0140252827
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-01-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
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Summary

Far from being just "wild, barbaric, ax-wielding pirates," the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia, and made a major impact on European history through trade, travel, and far-flung colonization. This encyclopedic study brings together wide-ranging research on Viking art, burial customs, class divisions, jewelry, kingship, poetry, and family life, and, in this revised edition, recent discoveries. The result is a rich and compelling picture of an extraordinary civilization that flourished for three hundred years, well into the eleventh century.

Author Biography

Else Roesdahl is Professor in Medieval Archaeology at the University of Århus, Denmark, and Special Professor in Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham, England.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Maps
x
List of Plates
xii
Picture Credits xiii
Acknowledgements xvii
Preface xviii
Maps
xx
INTRODUCTION
The Allure of the Vikings
3(43)
THE VIKING AGE AND ITS SOURCES
The Study of the Viking Age
Written sources
Place-names
Archaeological finds
9(16)
SCANDINAVIA
Geography, Nature and Culture
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
25(5)
The People
Dress
Jewellery
Houses and feasting
30(16)
Language, Writing and Personal Names
46(141)
Society
Slaves
The free
Women, sexual roles and children
Rules of conduct
52(12)
Kings and Kingdoms
Accession to the throne and personal power
Royal power
Political developments
64(14)
Travel, Transport and Ships
Travel on land
Winter transport
Ships and sailing
78(16)
Livelihood and Settlement
Denmark
Sweden and Norway
Ohthere from Halogaland
94(14)
Exchange, Silver and Merchandise
Exchange of goods
Silver and coins
Goods
108(9)
Trade and Towns
Hedeby
Birka
Kaupang
Other trading stations and towns
117(12)
Fortifications, Weapons and Warfare
Ramparts, fortresses and sea-barriers
The Danevirke
Royal fortresses
Weapons and warfare
129(18)
The Old and the New Religion
The old faith
Conversion
The introduction of Christianity
147(21)
Art and Poetry
Decorative and pictorial art
Poetry
168(19)
THE EXPANSION
Background and Beginnings
187(23)
The Mainland of Western Europe
Historical events
Archaeological evidence and the significance of the expeditions
Normandy
195(15)
Scotland and the Isle of Man
210(85)
Ireland
The Vikings in Ireland
The excavations in Dublin
221(12)
England
Exploitation, conquest and settlement
The Scandinavians in England
New expeditions and conquests
Cnut the Great and afterwards
233(29)
Iceland, the Faroes, Greenland and America
The settlement of Iceland
The Faroes
Colonists in Greenland and travels to America
262(15)
The Baltic Region, Russia, Byzantium and the Caliphate
Across the Baltic
Towards the glories of the East
The great riverways and the memorials
277(18)
CONCLUSION
The World of the Vikings
295(3)
Notes on the Translation 298(4)
Bibliography 302(15)
Indexes 317

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