The Penguin Historical Atlas of the VikingsViking marauders in their longships burst through the defences of ninth-century Europe, striking terror into the hearts of peasants and rulers alike for two centuries. But the Vikings were more than just marine warriors and this atlas shows their development as traders and craftsmen, explorers, settlers and mercenaries. With over sixty full colour maps, it follows the tracks of the Viking merchants who travelled deep into Russia, of Viking mercenaries who served in the emperor’s bodyguard at Constantinople, and Viking mariners who sailed beyond the edge of the known world to North America. |
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Feeding the Wolves Were the Viking warriors actually any more violent than their
Christian contemporaries? Charlemagne's execution of 4500 Saxon rebels at
Verden in 782 shows that the Christians were capable of waging war ruthlessly.
Feeding the Wolves Were the Viking warriors actually any more violent than their
Christian contemporaries? Charlemagne's execution of 4500 Saxon rebels at
Verden in 782 shows that the Christians were capable of waging war ruthlessly.
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The Viking Warrior Right: this carved wooden head on the Oseberg cart (c 800)
shows the fierce Viking warrior of legend. The cart is part of the rich assemblage
of grave goods of a Viking queen in the Oseberg ship burial from Norway. Ri chly
...
The Viking Warrior Right: this carved wooden head on the Oseberg cart (c 800)
shows the fierce Viking warrior of legend. The cart is part of the rich assemblage
of grave goods of a Viking queen in the Oseberg ship burial from Norway. Ri chly
...
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After 1066 fewer warriors came, and the ranks of the Byzantine emperor's
Varangian guard of "axe wielding barbarians" were increasingly filled with exiled
Anglo-Saxons. Vikings in the Baltic Perhaps the area of Viking activity about
which ...
After 1066 fewer warriors came, and the ranks of the Byzantine emperor's
Varangian guard of "axe wielding barbarians" were increasingly filled with exiled
Anglo-Saxons. Vikings in the Baltic Perhaps the area of Viking activity about
which ...
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Felhasználói ismertető - Steve.Bivans - LibraryThingDon't let the 'picture book' appearance of this little book keep you from buying it, even if you're a serious scholar. The maps are indispensable, and the chronology is laid out logically. One could design an entire semester syllabus based on the chronology in this little book. Teljes értékelés elolvasása
LibraryThing Review
Felhasználói ismertető - DinadansFriend - LibraryThingI like this format for the actual maps less well than I Liked the McEvedy series of atlases. But the book is informative and tries to more of a survey of the "Abortive Scandinavian" Civilization, (as ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása
Tartalomjegyzék
The Causes of the Viking Age | 8 |
The Origins of the Vikings | 16 |
Scandinavia in the Viking Age | 29 |
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10th century Anglo-Saxon Arab Baltic battle became began built burial Byzantine campaign centre chieftains Christianity church Cnut Cnut's coast coastal conquered conquest Constantinople Danegeld Danelaw Danes Danish Danish King defeated defences Denmark Dublin East Anglia England English Erik exile Faeroes farm Fjord Francia Frankish Frisia Godfred Gotar Greenland Harald Harald Hardrada Hebrides Hedeby Iceland invaded Irish Iron Age island Isles Jutland Kiev Kievan Kievan Rus killed kingdom land Magnus merchant Mercia monasteries Muslim Normandy Norse Northumbria Norway Norwegian Novgorod Olaf Tryggvason Orkney pagan period pirate placenames plunder population probably raiders rivers Roman Iron Age royal ruler Russia sacked Saga sail Saxon Scandinavian Scotland settle settlement settlers silver Slavic Slavs Svear Svein Forkbeard Sweden towns trade Varangian Varangian guard victory Viking activity Viking age Viking army Viking attacks Viking expansion Viking fleets Viking raids Viking ships Viking-age warriors wealth Wessex western Europe York
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings Hist Atlas Series Penguin Historical Atlases Penguin Reference History Penguin Reference |
| Szerző | John Haywood |
| Munkatárs | Swanston Graphics Limited |
| Kiadás | illusztrált, újranyomás |
| Kiadó | Penguin Books, 1995 |
| Eredeti forrása | a Michigani Egyetem |
| Digitalizálva: | 2008. okt. 3. |
| ISBN | 0140513280, 9780140513288 |
| Terjedelem | 144 oldal |
| Idézet exportálása | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |