The Vikings
The Vikings hold a particular place in the history of the West, both mythologically and in the significant impact they had on Northern Europe. Magnus Magnusson’s indispensable study of this great people presents a rounded and fascinating picture of a nation who, in modern eyes, would seem to...
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The Vikings hold a particular place in the history of the West, both mythologically and in the significant impact they had on Northern Europe. Magnus Magnusson’s indispensable study of this great people presents a rounded and fascinating picture of a nation who, in modern eyes, would seem to embody striking contradictions. They were undoubtedly pillagers, raiders, and terrifying warriors, but they were also great pioneers, artists, and tradersa dynamic people, whose skill and daring in their exploration of the world has left an indelible impression a thousand years on.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780752426990 (0752426990)
Publish date: November 1st 2003
Publisher: Tempus
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
For someone like me who had little knowledge of the Vikings (except for common misconceptions) before reading this book, this was a fascinating and informative read. Magnus Magnusson manages to take readers back to the Viking Age and discusses the Viking culture through archeological finds, sagas ab...
A BBC publication with many colour photographs, maps and illustrations. ""I've started so I'll finish": http://youtu.be/JGIA-RKaS9IThe so-called Viking Age began around AD800 and lasted for nearly three centuries.My mother once told meShe'd buy me a longship,A handsome-oared vesselTo go sailing with...
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