02377nam 2200589 a 450 991079211310332120240102112641.01-4294-5976-X0-19-151739-91-280-75285-89780192806079 (pbk. : alk. paper)(CKB)2560000000326563(StDuBDS)EDZ0000156059(MiAaPQ)EBC422719(Au-PeEL)EBL422719(CaPaEBR)ebr10271523(CaONFJC)MIL75285(OCoLC)476259111(EXLCZ)99256000000032656320060317d2005 |y 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentstirdacontentcrrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Vikings a very short introduction /Julian D. Richards[Oxford] Oxford University Press20051 online resource (152 pages) illustrations, mapsVery short introductions ;137Previously issued in print: 2005.9780192806079 0-19-177615-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-139) and index.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; IndexHighlighting 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.Very short introductions ;137.VikingsCivilization, VikingEuropeHistory476-1492Vikings.Civilization, Viking.948/.022Richards J. D459427MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792113103321The Vikings3809048UNINA