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Description for Viking Empires
Hardback. Viking Empires, first published in 2005, is a definitive global history of the Viking World. Num Pages: 462 pages, 60 b/w illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 3F; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 262 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Viking Empires, first published in 2005, is a definitive new history of five hundred years of Viking civilisation and the first study of the global implications of the expansion, integration, and reorientation of the Viking World. Offering an assessment of Scandinavian society before the 790s, the book traces the political, military, cultural and religious history of the Viking Age from Iceland to the Baltic States. The authors show that it is not possible to understand the history of the Norman Conquest, the successes of David I of Scotland or the relationship between the Holy Roman Empire and the Papacy without ... Read more
Viking Empires, first published in 2005, is a definitive new history of five hundred years of Viking civilisation and the first study of the global implications of the expansion, integration, and reorientation of the Viking World. Offering an assessment of Scandinavian society before the 790s, the book traces the political, military, cultural and religious history of the Viking Age from Iceland to the Baltic States. The authors show that it is not possible to understand the history of the Norman Conquest, the successes of David I of Scotland or the relationship between the Holy Roman Empire and the Papacy without ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
462
Condition
New
Number of Pages
462
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521829922
SKU
V9780521829922
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About Angelo Forte
Angelo Forte is Chair of Commercial Law at the University of Aberdeen and a specialist in maritime law. Richard Oram is Lecturer in Scottish Medieval History and Environmental History at the University of Stirling. He has published widely on aspects of Scottish medieval history and archaeology. Frederik Pedersen is Lecturer in History at the University of Aberdeen. He is the ... Read more
Reviews for Viking Empires
'… this bold new history of the Vikings.' Scotland on Sunday 'The evocative 'empires' of this book's title draws attention to the Scandinavians' exceptional range of operations and should raise interesting questions about the nature of political power in the Viking Age.' The Times Literary Supplement 'This is an important book and will force many to look again at their ... Read more