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Northmen : the Viking saga, AD 793-1241 / John Haywood.

By: Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: xvii, 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250106148 (hardcover)
  • 1250106141 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DL65 .H392 2016
Other classification:
  • HIS044000 | HIS037010
Contents:
Thule, Nydam and Gamla Uppsala : the origin of the Vikings -- Lindisfarne, Athelney and York : the Vikings in England, 789-954 -- Dorestad, Paris and Rouen : the Vikings in Francia, 799-939 -- Iona, Dunkeld and Orkney : Vikings in Scotland, 795-1064 -- Dublin and Cashel : the Vikings in Ireland, 795-1014 -- Seville and Luni : Vikings in Spain and the Mediterranean, 844-61 -- Kiev, Constantinople and Bolghar : Vikings in Eastern Europe to 1041 -- Thingvellir, Brattahlid and L'Anse aux Meadows : the Norse in the North Atlantic, 835-1000 -- Maldon, London and Stamford Bridge : England's second Viking Age, 978-1085 -- Hedeby, Jelling and Stiklestad : the Scandinavian kingdoms to 1100 -- Palermo, Jerusalem and Tallinn : from Viking to Crusader -- Largs, Reykholt and Hvalsey : the Viking Twilight -- Chronology -- Viking Kings and Rulers c. 800-1100.
Summary: From Finland to Newfoundland and Jelling to Jerusalem, follow in the wake of the Vikings -- a transformative story of a people that begins with paganism and ends in Christendom. Focusing on key events, including the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 and the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, medieval history expert John Haywood recounts the saga of the Viking Age, from the creation of the world through to the dwindling years of halfhearted raids and elegiac storytelling in the thirteenth century.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks DL65 .H392 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001405728

"First published in Great Britain by Head of Zeus Ltd"--Title page verso.

Thule, Nydam and Gamla Uppsala : the origin of the Vikings -- Lindisfarne, Athelney and York : the Vikings in England, 789-954 -- Dorestad, Paris and Rouen : the Vikings in Francia, 799-939 -- Iona, Dunkeld and Orkney : Vikings in Scotland, 795-1064 -- Dublin and Cashel : the Vikings in Ireland, 795-1014 -- Seville and Luni : Vikings in Spain and the Mediterranean, 844-61 -- Kiev, Constantinople and Bolghar : Vikings in Eastern Europe to 1041 -- Thingvellir, Brattahlid and L'Anse aux Meadows : the Norse in the North Atlantic, 835-1000 -- Maldon, London and Stamford Bridge : England's second Viking Age, 978-1085 -- Hedeby, Jelling and Stiklestad : the Scandinavian kingdoms to 1100 -- Palermo, Jerusalem and Tallinn : from Viking to Crusader -- Largs, Reykholt and Hvalsey : the Viking Twilight -- Chronology -- Viking Kings and Rulers c. 800-1100.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-369) and index.

From Finland to Newfoundland and Jelling to Jerusalem, follow in the wake of the Vikings -- a transformative story of a people that begins with paganism and ends in Christendom. Focusing on key events, including the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 and the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, medieval history expert John Haywood recounts the saga of the Viking Age, from the creation of the world through to the dwindling years of halfhearted raids and elegiac storytelling in the thirteenth century.

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