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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings
Peter (Ed) Sawyer
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Paperback. Were the Vikings, as contemporary description had it, a 'valiant, wrathful, foreign, purely pagan people' who swept in from the sea to plunder and slaughter? Or were they unusually successful merchants, extortionists, and pioneer explorers? Editor(s): Sawyer, Peter. Series: Oxford Illustrated History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 24 pp colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 706.
Were the Vikings, as contemporary description had it, a 'valiant, wrathful, foreign, purely pagan people' who swept in from the sea to plunder and slaughter? Or in the words of a Manx folksong 'ware-wolves keen in hungry quest', who lived and died by the sea and the sword. Or were they unusually successful merchants, extortionists, and pioneer explorers? This book, by leading international scholars, considers the latest research and presents a compelling picture of the Vikings and their age. Excavations as far apart as Dublin and Newfoundland, York and Kiev, provide fascinating archaeological evidence, expertly interpreted in this ... Read more
Were the Vikings, as contemporary description had it, a 'valiant, wrathful, foreign, purely pagan people' who swept in from the sea to plunder and slaughter? Or in the words of a Manx folksong 'ware-wolves keen in hungry quest', who lived and died by the sea and the sword. Or were they unusually successful merchants, extortionists, and pioneer explorers? This book, by leading international scholars, considers the latest research and presents a compelling picture of the Vikings and their age. Excavations as far apart as Dublin and Newfoundland, York and Kiev, provide fascinating archaeological evidence, expertly interpreted in this ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
Oxford Illustrated History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192854346
SKU
V9780192854346
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99-3
About Peter (Ed) Sawyer
Peter Sawyer is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Leeds.
Reviews for The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings
the volume will indeed be a treasury for pictorial sources, and the illustrations to more off-the-beaten-track chapters (especially Noonan's, on European Russia) are correspondingly unusual.
Guy Halsall, War in History, 8, 3, 2001
the truest picture yet of the Vikings and their age.
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Guy Halsall, War in History, 8, 3, 2001
the truest picture yet of the Vikings and their age.
Publishing News