The Vikings : a very short introduction / / Julian D. Richards
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| Autore: |
Richards J. D
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| Titolo: |
The Vikings : a very short introduction / / Julian D. Richards
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| Pubblicazione: | [Oxford], : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (152 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 948/.022 |
| Soggetto topico: | Vikings |
| Civilization, Viking | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Europe History 476-1492 |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Vikings |
| ISBN: | 1-4294-5976-X |
| 0-19-151739-9 | |
| 1-280-75285-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910792113103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Very short introductions ; ; 137.