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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings

Author : Peter Sawyer
Release Date : 11 August 2022
Publisher : Oxford Illustrated History
Genre : History
Pages : 346
ISBN 13 : 0192854348

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Book Description: Covers the different geographical areas of the Viking world, and traces the Viking story from the first raids on isolated coastal communities toward the end of the eighth century to the establishing of permanent settlements

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings

Author : Peter Sawyer
Publisher : Oxford Illustrated History
Genre : History
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Covers the different geographical areas of the Viking world, and traces the Viking story from the first raids on isolated coastal communities toward the end of the eighth century to the establishing of permanent settlements...

Carolingian Coinage and the Vikings

Author : Simon Coupland
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Genre : History
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This volume brings together for the first time Simon Coupland's series of significant articles on Carolingian coinage. The author draws out the economic and political implications of coin types and coin hoards from the reign of Charlemagne to the Edict of Pîtres in 864. This numismatic survey is complemented by ...

Vikings

Author : Kelly Farrell,Robert Edelstein
Publisher : Centennial Books
Genre : History
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Over one thousand years ago, kingdoms across Europe were changed forever as the Vikings sailed in. Prepare here to board an iconic Norse ship and be transported into the battles, the legacies, and the everyday lives of these intrepid warriors. From buried treasure to noble laws, to murderouos myths: this ...

The Viking Blitzkrieg

Author : Martyn Whittock,Hannah Whittock
Publisher : The History Press
Genre : History
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If the Viking Wars had not taken place, would there have been a united England in the tenth century? Martyn Whittock believes not, arguing that without them there would have been no rise of the Godwin family and their conflict with Edward the Confessor, no Norman connection, no Norman Conquest ...

The Vikings Classic Histories Series

Author : Magnus Magnusson
Publisher : The History Press
Genre : History
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The Vikings hold a particular place in the history of the West, both symbolically and in the significant impact they had on Northern Europe. Magnus Magnusson's indispensable study of this great period presents a rounded and fascinating picture of a people who, in modern eyes, would seem to embody striking ...

Vikings

Author : Hourly History
Publisher : Hourly History
Genre : History
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The saga of the Vikings rises and falls on the banks of history, ebbing and flowing with popular opinion and whimsical anecdotes. The Vikings are routinely typecast and labeled anywhere from bloodthirsty tyrants to valiant heroes. They have been condemned as pirates and praised as explorers. We have all heard ...

Vikings

Author : Martin J Dougherty
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Genre : History
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“From the fury of the Northmen, good Lord deliver us.” – Anonymous monk, Noirmoutier, France, 9th century AD Beginning in 789AD, the Vikings raided monasteries, sacked cities and invaded western Europe. They looted and enslaved their enemies. But that is only part of their story. In long boats they discovered Iceland ...

Vikings

Author : W. B. Bartlett
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Genre : History
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A comprehensive new history of the infamous Vikings. Those men and women raided and traded their way into history whilst at the same time helping to build new nations in Scandinavia and beyond....

The Vikings

Author : Paul B. Du Chaillu,Robert Leighton,Allen French,Charles W. Whistler,H. Rider Haggard,Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Genre : Fiction
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This is an unusual book for young readers. However, she will be interested in adults who are fond of the history of the Vikings. The first part is 12 newly discovered adventure stories about the Vikings such as Ivar the Viking by Paul B. Du Chaillu, Eric Brighteyes by H. Rider ...

Kings and Vikings

Author : P.H. Sawyer
Publisher : Routledge
Genre : History
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Professor Sawyer offers some new interpretations of the development of Scandinavian society and history of the Christian conversion....

Viking Knits and Ancient Ornaments

Author : Elsebeth Lavold
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
Genre : Crafts & Hobbies
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Traditional knot and interlace patterns, combined to form uniquely striking contemporary designs. Ever since her ground-breaking book Viking Patterns for Knitting was published, Elsebeth Lavold has been recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on cabling. It was within the pages of her international bestseller—described as “an ...

Vikings

Author : Neil Oliver
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Genre : History
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The Vikings famously took no prisoners, relished cruel retribution, and prided themselves on their blood-thirsty skills as warriors. But their prowess in battle is only a small part of their story, which stretches from their Scandinavian origins to America in the west and as far as Baghdad in the east. ...

The Vikings

Author : Martyn Whittock,Hannah Whittock
Publisher : Lion Books
Genre : Religion
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The popular image of the Vikings is of tall red-headed men, raping and pillaging their way around the coast of Europe, stopping only to ransack monasteries and burn longships. But the violent Vikings of the 8th century became the pious Christians of the 11th century, who gave gold crosses to ...

Only Heathen Vikings

Author : David James Smith
Publisher : Lulu.com
Genre : History
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A story of Heathen Vikings enabling Cinaed (or Kenneth) MacAlpin take over Christian Scotland. Cattan, warrior priest and Chief of the Clan Chattan, converted the ambitious, Kenneth of Dal Riada and became his personal advisor. Follow James who became the caretaker Chief, forming alliances against the greater threat of raiding ...

Vikings at War

Author : Kim Hjardar,Vegard Vike
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Genre : History
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An illustrated guide to Viking warfare from strategy and weapons to culture and tradition: “a very excellent introduction to the Viking age as a whole” (Justin Pollard, historical consultant for the Amazon television series Vikings). From the time when sailing was first introduced to Scandinavia, Vikings reached virtually every corner ...