The Vikings: Facts and Fictions: Historical Facts and Fictions
Autor Kirsten Wolf, Tristan Mueller-Vollmeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 ian 2024
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9798765120149
Pagini: 200
Ilustrații: 4 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Historical Facts and Fictions
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Pagini: 200
Ilustrații: 4 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Historical Facts and Fictions
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Caracteristici
Provides excerpts from primary source documents to help readers to understand the transmission of the fictions and to provide evidence for the historical truths
Notă biografică
Kirsten Wolf is the Kim Nilsson Professor and the Torger Thompson Chair of Scandinavian Studies in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tristan Mueller-Vollmer is a doctoral student in Scandinavian Studies in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Cuprins
PrefaceIntroduction1. Vikings Were One Nation2. All Scandinavians Were Vikings3. Vikings Were Barbarians4. All Vikings Were Pagan5. Vikings Were Hated by Their Peers6. Wives of Vikings Had Equal Rights7. Vikings Had Primitive Weapons8. Vikings Were Unhygienic9. Vikings Wore Horned Helmets10. Vikings Carved the Blood Eagle11. Vikings Drank Out of Skull CupsBibliographyIndex
Recenzii
The Vikings is an excellent work not only for those interested in Viking history but also for those interested in how our view of the past can shift.
This well-designed series presents contemporary fictions in a historical context to explain both the origins of the fictions as well as the actual background stories. . .The volume would be an excellent research aid for advanced high school students and undergraduates.
A book that just came out - and one that deserves to be on many bookshelves - is The Vikings: Facts and Fictions, by Kirsten Wolf and Tristan Mueller-Vollmer.
This well-designed series presents contemporary fictions in a historical context to explain both the origins of the fictions as well as the actual background stories. . .The volume would be an excellent research aid for advanced high school students and undergraduates.
A book that just came out - and one that deserves to be on many bookshelves - is The Vikings: Facts and Fictions, by Kirsten Wolf and Tristan Mueller-Vollmer.