Angus A. Somerville: XIVThe Viking Age

Cover: 9781487550059 | XIVThe Viking Age | A Reader, Fourth Edition | Somerville (u. a.)

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Beschreibung

The new edition of this comprehensive collection of primary documents illuminates the Vikings and their era, while also exploring their lasting cultural importance and influence.

Über den Autor

Angus A. Somerville, now retired, formerly taught Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon at Brock University. Somerville was a contributor to the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction
1. The Scandinavian Homelands
2. Scandinavian Society
3. Early Religion and Belief
4. Gender in the Viking Age
5. Viking Warriors and Their Weapons
6. Fjord-Serpents: Viking Ships
7. “Sudden and Unforeseen Attacks of Northmen”
8. “The Heathens Stayed”: Campaigns, Conquests, and Settlements
9. Into the Western Ocean: The Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland
10. Austrveg: The Viking Road to the East
11. “Going from Land to Land on Trading Voyages”: Merchants and Trade
12. From Odin to Christ
13. State-Building at Home and Abroad
14. The End of the Viking Age
15. Reawakening Angantyr

Sources
Index of Topics
Index of Authors and Sources

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures
ISBN-13:	9781487550059
ISBN-10:	1487550057
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Somerville, Angus A. McDonald, R. Andrew
Auflage:	Fourth Edition
Hersteller:	University of Toronto Press Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße:	154 x 231 x 33 mm
Von/Mit:	Angus A. Somerville (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	08.07.2025
Gewicht:	0,828 kg