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The World of the Vikings - Hardcover

Hall, Richard

 
9780500051443: The World of the Vikings
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0500051445 ISBN 13: 9780500051443
Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

A vivid picture of the Vikings that draws on the latest discoveries and augments written evidence with fine archaeological detail.

Here is the complete story of the Vikings from their origins in Scandinavia during the early first millennium AD, through the incredible period of raiding, trading, and settling known as the Viking Age and the huge impact that the Vikings had on the course of European history, to the last surviving Viking settlements in fifteenth-century Greenland.

The book explores Viking life and culture in detail, from their costumes and appearance to their longhouses and towns, including Hedeby, York, and Dublin, and the extensive Viking pantheon. Viking warfare, targets, and tactics are analyzed, as are their weapons, crafts, and other artifactsincluding their stunning pattern-welded swords, their helmets, and their hoards. The ship, the linchpin of the Viking world, is described and illustrated with numerous examples, among them Oseberg and Nydam. Box features complement the text, covering subjects as diverse as runes, navigation, silver hoards, and the sagas. 330 illustrations, 165 in color.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Richard Hall is Director of Archaeology at York Archaeological Trust. He led the excavations of Viking Age York, and helped to devise the world-famous Jorvik Viking Centre there. He is one of the foremost experts on the Viking world, and his many books include The Viking Dig and Viking Age York.

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Verlag
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0500051445
ISBN 13 
9780500051443
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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