Christiansen Norsemen in the Viking Age

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-69276-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: The Peoples of Europe

This history of the Nordic peoples in the period 750-1050 focuseson their homelands and colonies, demonstrating the fluidity andincoherence of the world in which they lived.
* Considers the Nordic peoples in Viking times without unduerecourse to developmental theories.
* Guides readers through some of the scholarly controversiessurrounding these peoples.
* Illustrated by reference to runic, poetic and archaeologicalevidence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Christiansen, Eric

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps.
Introduction:.
Vikings.
Their Age.
The Aim.
1. Individuals.
2. Families.
3. Communities.
4. Districts and Territories.
5. Peoples.
6. Politics.
7. War.
8. Work.
9. Migration.
10 Past.
11. Present.
12. Future.
Appendices:.
A: Modern Research.
B: Dynastic Identities.
C: Dates.
References.

Über Autor(innen)

Eric Christiansen was born in 1937 and educated in England. He is a Fellow Emeritus of New College, Oxford. His publications include The Origins of Military Power in Spain (1967), The Northern Crusades (Second Edition, 1996) and translations of Saxo Grammaticus books X-XVI (1980-81), Sven Aggesen (1992) and Dudo of St Quentin (1998).