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Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland: The Dynasty of Ãvarr to AD 1014
Clare Downham
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Paperback. Vikings plagued the coasts of Ireland and Britain in the 790s. A particularly successful viking leader named Aivarr campaigned on both sides of the Irish Sea in the 860s. This book provides a political analysis of the deeds of Aivarr's family from their first appearance in Insular records down to the year 1014. Num Pages: 360 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DBR; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 568.
Vikings plagued the coasts of Ireland and Britain in the 790s. By the mid-ninth century vikings had established a number of settlements in Ireland and Britain and had become heavily involved with local politics. A particularly successful viking leader named Ivarr campaigned on both sides of the Irish Sea in the 860s. His descendants dominated the major seaports of Ireland and challenged the power of kings in Britain during the later ninth and tenth centuries. This book provides a political analysis of the deeds of Ivarr's family from their first appearance in Insular records down to the year 1014. Such ... Read more
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Publisher
Dunedin Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
568g
Number of Pages
358
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906716066
SKU
V9781906716066
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99-50
About Clare Downham
Dr Clare Downham is a lecturer in Celtic in the School of Language and Literature of the University of Aberdeen. She worked previously at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
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"[Downham] gives us the history of the dynasty from contemporary and near contemporary sources and brings to bear the fruits of thirty years intense scholarship that has emerged since Smyth wrote, a period in which the study of Early Insular History has been revolutionised. In addition to the blow by blow account of the dynasty's deeds, which forms the bulk ... Read more