The Vikings : culture and conquest / Martin Arnold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnold, Martin, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vikings.

Civilization, Viking.

Europe--History--476-1492.

Europe.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Hambledon Continuum, 2006.

Summary:

Piecing together commentaries from sources contemporary to the Viking Age, archaeological findings, and later histories to give a full picture of the Vikings, their origins, their impact, their demise, and their legacy, "The Vikings" is a concise and clear survey of who the Vikings were, what they did, why they did it, and what is known about them.

Contents:

1 The Viking Age 1

2 Society and Religion 27

3 Battle on Land and at Sea 57

4 England, Ireland and Wales, 789-900 79

5 England, Ireland and Wales, 900-1070 103

6 Scotland and the Orkneys 131

7 Western Europe 147

8 Russia and the East 165

9 Atlantic Explorations and Settlements 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-232) and index.

ISBN:

1852854766

OCLC:

71808934