Eric Christiansen

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Norsemen in the Viking Age (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

This history of the Nordic peoples in the period 750-1050 focuses on their homelands and colonies, demonstrating the fluidity and incoherence of the world in which they lived. * Considers the Nordic peoples in Viking times without undue recourse to developmental theories. * Guides readers through some of the scholarly controversies surrounding these peoples. * Illustrated by reference to runic, poetic and archaeological evidence.

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• Größe: 19.11MB

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Autor

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).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470692769
• Artikelnr.: 38202092

Rezensionen

"This is an interesting, often informative and provocative book."The Medieval Review

"[A] thought-provoking survey of, and engagement with, the wholegamut of Viking-age activities and resulting scholarship." SagaBook

"This book is an absolute delight, a quirky, hard-hittingpotpourri to be dipped into and savoured by anyone even remotelyinterested in the period ... Altogether this is a lively,provocative and stimulating book, strongly recommended to anyonewith interest in early medieval Europe or indeed any reader seekingentertainment." History July 2007