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Vikings! /

0525228926

9780525228929

Vikings! /

[Book]

Magnus Magnusson.

First American edition.

New York :

E.P. Dutton,

1980.

©1980

320 pages :

illustrations (some color) ;

26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (page 314) and index.

The hammer and the raven: the mythological, literary and historical context -- Bolt from the blue: Norway from the first raids west-over-sea to Harald Fine-Hair -- "From the fury of the northmen ... ": Denmark from the first assaults on western Europe to Harald Blue-Tooth -- "Hálfdan was here": Sweden, the Russian connection and Constantinople -- England at bay: from the first Danish invasions to Alfred the Great -- "Bitter is the wind ... ": Ireland, the Isle of Man and the north of England, to Eirík Blood-Axe -- "An island called Thule": Iceland and the Faroes -- The ultimate outpost: the colonisation of Greenland and the attempted settlement of Vinland, North America -- Empire of the North Sea: the Norse earldom in Scotland and the Anglo-Viking empire of England, Denmark and Norway under Knút the Great -- "Here King Harold is killed": 1066, the end of the Viking Age.

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Utilizes recent archeological discoveries in the U.S. and Europe to explore Viking culture, portraying Vikings as traders, architects, town dwellers, and craftsmen.

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