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Jonathan Clements - BRIEF HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS - 9781845290764 - KMK0024734
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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS

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Description for BRIEF HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS paperback. The last pagans or the first modern Europeans? A consice history of the Vikings Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 288 pages, family trees. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. The last pagans or the first modern Europeans? A consice history of the Vikings Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 288 pages, family trees. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. Very good clean copy with minor shelf wear

'From the Fury of the Northmen deliver us, O Lord.'

Between the eighth and eleventh centuries, the Vikings surged from their Scandinavian homeland to trade, raid and invade along the coasts of Europe. Their influence and expeditions extended from Newfoundland to Baghdad, their battles were as far-flung as Africa and the Arctic. But were they great seafarers or desperate outcasts, noble heathens or oafish pirates, the last pagans or the first of the modern Europeans?

This concise study puts medieval chronicles, Norse sagas and Muslim accounts alongside more recent research into ritual magic, genetic profiling and climatology. ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Robinson London
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Brief Histories
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845290764
SKU
KMK0024734
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Jonathan Clements
Jonathan Clements is the author of Pirate King, Moon in the Pines and Confucius: A Biography. He lives in London and Jyväskylä.

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