Children of ash and elm : a history of the Vikings / Neil Price.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Price, Neil S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vikings.

Northmen.

Civilization, Viking.

Viking antiquities.

Physical Description:

xviii, 599 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Basic Books, 2020.

Summary:

"The Viking Age--between 750 and 1050--saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North America and the Asian steppe. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology, their art and culture. From Björn Ironside, who led an expedition to sack Rome, to Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the most traveled woman in the world, Price shows us the real Vikings, not the caricatures they've become in popular culture and history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The Making of Midgard

1. The Home of Their Shapes

2. Age of Winds, Age of Wolves

3. The Social Network

4. The Pursuit of Liberty

5. Border Crossings

6. The Performance of Power

7. Meeting the Others

8. Dealing with the Dead

The Viking Phenomenon

9. Inroads

10. Maritoria

11. Warriorhoods

12. Hydrarchy

13. Diaspora

New Worlds, New Nations

14. The Golden Age of the Sheep Farmer

15. Silver, Slaves, and Silk

16. The Experiments of Monarchy

17. Lands of Fire and Vines

18. The Many Ends of the Viking Age.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780465096985

0465096980

OCLC:

1117638148