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The Vikings: A Short History

Autor Martin Arnold
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2008
Provides an account of the early medieval period that became known as the Viking Age. Drawing on literary and archaeological source material, this title illustrates the two faces of the Vikings: on the one hand, savage, greedy, and implacable; on the other, adventurous, innovative, and artistic.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780752445779
ISBN-10: 0752445774
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 125 x 198 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Colecția History Pr Ltd

Caracteristici

As Professor of Scandinavian Literature at the University of Hull, the author is well-qualified to write this book.

Cuprins

1 The Vikings in History
2 Society and Religion
3 Battle on Land and at Sea
4 England; Ireland and Wales 789-900
5 England, Ireland and Wales 900-1070
6 Scotland and the Orkneys
7 Western Europe
8 Russia and the East
9 Atlantic Explorations and Settlements
Notes
Bibliography

Recenzii

"fascinating and occasionally gruesome tome." - Gary Young in Birmingham Mail, 2008
"A solid introduction written with clarity." - The Herald, 2008
"This book presents a concise and readable overview of an era of perennial interest. Well-suited for use in the college classroom, but ... also appealing to generalist readers." - Thomas A DuBois, The Historian, Fall 2008

Notă biografică

Martin Arnold has taught at numerous colleges and universities, including Guilford College, where he served as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He earned an MA from New Mexico State University and an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has served as the poetry editor of The Greensboro Review, and as an assistant poetry editor for storysouth and Puerto del Sol. His work has been published in many fine journals including Crazyhorse, the Carolina Review, Denver Quarterly, and Best New Poets 2012. His first chapbook, A Million Distant Glittering Catastrophes, won the 2009-2010 Pavement Saw Chapbook Award. Earthquake Owner's Manual won the 2013 Unicorn Press First Book Award. He currently teaches at V. Sue Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

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Presents a history that traces the 300-year saga of the pirates and warlords who poured out of Scandinavia between the eighth and eleventh centuries, terrorizing, conquering, and settling vast stretches of Europe. This work provides an account of this early medieval period that became known as the Viking Age.