Northmen [electronic resource] : The Viking Saga 793-1241 AD
Haywood, John2015
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The Viking Chronicles narrates their story region by region, focusing on places where key events were played out, from the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 to the murder in Iceland in 1241 of the saga-writer Snorri Sturluson. Such episodes are fascinating in themselves, but also shed crucial light on the nature of Viking activity - its causes, effects, and the reasons for its decline.In 800 the Scandinavians were barbarians in longboats bent on plunder and rapine; by 1200, their homelands were an integral part of Latin Christendom. John Haywood tells, in authoritative but compellingly readable fashion, the extraordinary story of the dawning, the high noon and the long twilight of the Viking Age.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Head of Zeus, 2015
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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9781781855225
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English
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2556395
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