Beyond the Northlands : Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barraclough, Eleanor Rosamund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scandinavia--History--To 1397.

Scandinavia.

Europe--History--476-1492.

Europe.

Local Subjects:

Europe.

Scandinavia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2016.

Summary:

A trip to the furthest edgelands of the Viking world via the drama of the Old Norse sagas - from the Arctic Circle to Constantinople, north America to Kievan Rus.

Contents:

Cover; Beyond the Northlands: Viking voyages and the old norse sagas; Copyright; Dedication; Acnowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Basic Pronunciation Guide to Tricky Letters; · Vikings ·; Chapter 1: Inroads from the Sea; Dragons over Northumbria; Danelaw; Eggs and dregs; Slaughter-wolves; Northland of old; Chapter 2: Fire and Ice; Terra nova; Saga stories; Mouths and manuscripts; Trials by water and fire; Blurred lines; · North ·; Chapter 3: In the Lands of the North; Out of space, out of time; Wonders of the north; Deep magic; Darkness will give way; 'Much knowing'

Snow queensChapter 4: North of all Northmen; As far north as whale hunters go; King of the north; Pagans and politics; Sailing by; Chapter 5: Where the Wild Things Are; Fighting with monsters; A hairy situation; Giantland geography; Glittering plains; Butter and bacon; · West ·; Chapter 6: Westward Ho!; The last homely house; Frozen in time; Tempers and tourism; Outside over there; Winter of discontent; Bred on frost; Chapter 7: New World; Snorri's story; Sailing the saga seas; L'Anse aux Meadows; A taste of paradise; Trouble with the natives; Through the looking glass; Paradise lost

Off the mapChapter 8: The Way the World Ends; A frosty reception; Ice age; Silent death; Not with a bang; Dark and dangerous land; Helluland reborn; · East ·; Chapter 9: Eastern Promise; Steppe by steppe; Another history; Small islands; Raiders and traders; Cold wars; Kings of the east; A clash of kings; Tangled threads; Chapter 10: Set in Stone; Immortal memory; Far travellers; A river runs through it; Lost in translation; Telling tales; Chapter 11: Far-Travelling Beasts; Beauty and the bestiary; Here be dragons; Marvels and monsters; · South ·; Chapter 12: Journey to the Centre of the Earth

From the frozen edgeWar and peace; Battle-happy kings; Due south; Rough guide to Rome; Chapter 13: Sailing to Byzantium; What is past; God's holy fire; No country for old men; Lords and ladies; A drowsy emperor; Monuments of magnificence; Hammered gold; Unageing monuments; Sensual music; Chapter 14: World's End; Filling in the gaps; Monstrous regiments; To the ends of the earth; This side of paradise; Epilogue; Endnotes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14

Sagas in TranslationPicture Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-19-870129-2

0-19-100447-2