Exploring the World of the Vikings - Softcover

'Richard Hall brings a wealth of authority and practical experience to bear in presenting this up-to-the-minute account of the Vikings and their world . . . highly informative and full of interesting detail on Viking life' - Minerva 'Well balanced and highly readable. ... For those interested in reading about the Vikings, their settlements and exploits, they can do no better than start with this accomplished and rich book' - British Archaeology 'Fascinatingly detailed ... without doubt the most attractively presented study of the Vikings currently available ... Hall's book has no rival' - The Historian

This authoritative survey of Viking history and culture, now available in paperback, tells the complete story of the Vikings from their origins in Scandinavia during the first millennium ad, through the incredible period of raiding, trading and settling known as the Viking Age, to their last surviving settlements in 15th-century Greenland. Drawing on the very latest discoveries and augmenting textual evidence with fine archaeological detail, this sweeping narrative, written by a leading authority, creates a vivid picture of the Vikings at home and abroad in an era that laid many of the foundations of the modern world.

Table of Contents

I. Who Were the Vikings? · II. Viking Life and Culture · III. Raiders and Invaders · IV. Invaders and Settlers · V. New Found Lands · VI. Expressions of Identity: Religion and Art · VII. The Later Viking Age · VIII. The End and After · IX. Nationalists, Romantics, Madmen and Scholars