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Barraclough Eleanor Rosamund |
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Beyond the Northlands [[electronic resource] ] : Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas |
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Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (338 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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; |
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