Northmen : the Viking saga, AD 793-1241 / John Haywood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haywood, John, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vikings--History.

Vikings.

Northmen--History.

Northmen.

Civilization, Viking.

History.

Scandinavia--History--To 1397.

Scandinavia.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Other Title:

Title on dust jacket: North men

Viking saga, AD 793-1241

Place of Publication:

New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2016.

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.

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 Viking Age, 978-1085

Hedeby, Jelling, and Stiklestad : the Scandinavian kingdoms to 1100

Palermo, Jerusalem, and Tallinn : from Viking to Crusader

Largs, Reykholt, and Hvalsey : the Viking twilight

Chronology

Viking kings and rulers, c. 800-1100.

Notes:

"First published in Great Britain by Head of Zeus Ltd"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-369) and index.

ISBN:

9781250106148

1250106141

OCLC:

950751063