The Vikings : facts and fictions / Kirsten Wolf and Tristan Mueller-Vollmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolf, Kirsten, author.

Mueller-Vollmer, Tristan, author.

Series:

Historical facts and fictions.

Historical Facts and Fictions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vikings.

Civilization, Viking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 183 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

This book explores 11 popular misconceptions about the Vikings. Each chapter looks at a particular misconception, examines how it became popular, discusses what we now believe to be the truth, and provides excerpts from primary source documents. When people think of the Vikings, they often envision marauding barbarians who lived violent lives. While a number of mistaken beliefs about the Vikings have become engrained in popular culture, they are not grounded in historical facts. This book examines popular misconceptions related to the Vikings and the historical truths that contradict the fictions. The book discusses 11 mistaken notions about the Vikings, with each fiction treated in its own chapter. Topics include whether the Vikings wore horned helmets, whether they were unhygienic, whether they had primitive weapons, whether they drank out of skull cups, and more. Each chapter examines how the misconception proliferated and discusses what we now believe to be the facts contradicting the fictions. Excerpts from primary source documents help readers to understand how the misconceptions came to be throughout history and provide evidence for the historical truths.

Contents:

Preface Introduction 1. Vikings Were One Nation 2. All Scandinavians Were Vikings 3. Vikings Were Barbarians 4. All Vikings Were Pagan 5. Vikings Were Hated by Their Peers 6. Wives of Vikings Had Equal Rights 7. Vikings Had Primitive Weapons 8. Vikings Were Unhygienic 9. Vikings Wore Horned Helmets 10. Vikings Carved the Blood Eagle 11. Vikings Drank Out of Skull Cups Bibliography Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216032311

9798216162018

9781440862991

1440862990

OCLC:

1035804376