Screen LibraryNorthmen : the Viking saga, AD 793-1241 /
From Finland to Newfoundland and Jelling to Jerusalem, follow in the wake of the Vikings -- a transformative story of a people that begins with paganism and ends in Christendom. Focusing on key events, including the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 and the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, medieval histo...
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| Published: |
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: |
2016. ©2015 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Summary: |
From Finland to Newfoundland and Jelling to Jerusalem, follow in the wake of the Vikings -- a transformative story of a people that begins with paganism and ends in Christendom. Focusing on key events, including the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 and the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, medieval history expert John Haywood recounts the saga of the Viking Age, from the creation of the world through to the dwindling years of halfhearted raids and elegiac storytelling in the thirteenth century. |
| Item Description: | "First published in Great Britain by Head of Zeus Ltd"--Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-369) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781250106148 1250106141 |
| Index Number: | DL65 |
| CLC: | K53 |
| Call Number: | K53/H427 |
| Contents: | Thule, Nydam and Gamla Uppsala : the origin of the Vikings -- Lindisfarne, Athelney and York : the Vikings in England, 789-954 -- Dorestad, Paris and Rouen : the Vikings in Francia, 799-939 -- Iona, Dunkeld and Orkney : Vikings in Scotland, 795-1064 -- Dublin and Cashel : the Vikings in Ireland, 795-1014 -- Seville and Luni : Vikings in Spain and the Mediterranean, 844-61 -- Kiev, Constantinople and Bolghar : Vikings in Eastern Europe to 1041 -- Thingvellir, Brattahlid and L'Anse aux Meadows : the Norse in the North Atlantic, 835-1000 -- Maldon, London and Stamford Bridge : England's second |