The Vikings
A new and updated edition of this authoritative work on Viking history, from a distinguished expert in the field Thoroughly updated and with a new foreword Far from being just 'wild, barbaric, axe-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 consolidation. This encyclopedic study brings together the latest research on Viking art, burial customs, class divisions, jewellery, kingship, poetry and family life. The result is a rich and compelling picture of an extraordinary civilisation.
Else Roesdahl is Professor Emerita in Medieval Archaeology at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and an honorary doctor of Trinity College, Dublin and the University of York.
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A new and updated edition of this authoritative work on Viking history, from a distinguished expert in the field Thoroughly updated and with a new foreword Far from being just 'wild, barbaric, axe-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 consolidation. This encyclopedic study brings together the latest research on Viking art, burial customs, class divisions, jewellery, kingship, poetry and family life. The result is a rich and compelling picture of an extraordinary civilisation.
Else Roesdahl is Professor Emerita in Medieval Archaeology at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and an honorary doctor of Trinity College, Dublin and the University of York.
