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Children of ash and elm : a history of the Vikings / Neil Price.

History of the Vikings (portion title)
Price, Neil S., (author.).

Summary:

"The Viking Age--between 750 and 1050--saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North America and the Asian steppe. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology, their art and culture. From Björn Ironside, who led an expedition to sack Rome, to Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the most traveled woman in the world, Price shows us the real Vikings, not the caricatures they've become in popular culture and history"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780465096985
  • ISBN: 0465096980
  • Physical Description: xviii, 599 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: driftwood -- introduction: ancestors and inheritors -- The Making of Midard: the home of their shapes -- age of winds, age of wolves -- the social network -- the pursuit of liberty -- border crossings -- the performance of power -- meeting the others -- dealing with the dead -- The Viking Phenomenon: inroads -- maritoria -- warriorhoods -- hydrarchy -- diaspora -- New Worlds, New Nations: the golden age of the sheep farmer -- silver, slaves, and silk -- the experiments of monarchy -- lands of fire and vines -- the many ends of the Viking age -- Epilogue: games.
Subject: Vikings.
Northmen.
Civilization, Viking.
Viking antiquities.

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