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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792113103321

Autore

Richards J. D

Titolo

The Vikings : a very short introduction / / Julian D. Richards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Oxford], : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-4294-5976-X

0-19-151739-9

1-280-75285-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Very short introductions ; ; 137

Disciplina

948/.022

Soggetti

Vikings

Civilization, Viking

Europe History 476-1492

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-139) and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of illustrations; 1 Vikings then and now; 2 Early Scandinavian kingdoms; 3 Pagans and Christians; 4 Changes in the countryside; 5 Towns and trade; 6 Across the ocean: seafaring and overseas expansion; 7 Settlers in England; 8 Raiders and traders around the Irish Sea; 9 Vikings and Picts: genocide or assimilation?; 10 Landnám in the North Atlantic; 11 The edge of the world: Greenland and North America; 12 Reinventing the Vikings; Timeline; Further reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Highlighting the latest archaeological evidence, Julian Richards reveals the whole Viking world: their history, society and culture, and their expansion overseas for trade, colonization and plunder.