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Peoples of the Ancient World Ser.: Vikings by Neil Price (2018, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-10041534350X

ISBN-139780415343503

eBay Product ID (ePID)2309322690

Product Key Features

Number of Pages192 Pages

Publication NameVikings

LanguageEnglish

SubjectArchaeology, Europe / Medieval

Publication Year2018

TypeTextbook

AuthorNeil Price

Subject AreaSocial Science, History

SeriesPeoples of the Ancient World Ser.

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2023-029494

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal948.022

Table Of Content1. Introduction: Viking variations 2. Encountering the Vikings 3. Viking lives and landscapes 4. Tradition and world-view 5. The Viking diaspora 6. Christianity and the state

SynopsisFrom an author at the forefront of some of the major aspects of Vikings research, this short introduction to the Vikings fills a large gap in the current coverage offered and includes examination of the Vikings and religion, society, economy, and their expansion overseas. Neil Price presents students with an excellent introduction to a widely-studied and fascinating subject., The Vikings provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to the complex world of the early medieval Scandinavians. In the space of less than 300 years, from the mid-eighth to the mid-eleventh centuries CE, people from what are now Norway, Sweden, and Denmark left their homelands in unprecedented numbers to travel across the Eurasian world. Over the last half-century, archaeology and its related disciplines have radically altered our understanding of this period. The Vikings explores why we now perceive them as a cosmopolitan mix of traders and warriors, craftsworkers and poets, explorers, and settlers. It details how, over the course of the Viking Age, their small-scale rural, tribal societies gradually became urbanised monarchies firmly emplaced on the stage of literate, Christian Europe. In the process, they transformed the cultures of the North, created the modern Nordic nation-states, and left a far-flung diaspora with legacies that still resonate today. Written by leading experts in the period and exploring the society, economy, identity and world-views of the early medieval Scandinavian peoples, and their unique religious beliefs that are still of enduring interest a millennium later, this book presents students with an unrivalled guide through this widely studied and fascinating subject, revealing the fundamental impacts of the Vikings in shaping the later course of European history., The Vikings provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to the complex world of the early medieval Scandinavians. In the space of less than 300 years from the late eighth to the late eleventh centuries CE, people from what are now Norway, Sweden and Denmark left their homelands in unprecedented numbers to travel across the then-known world. Over the last half-century archaeology and its related disciplines have radically altered our understanding of this period, and beyond the stereotypical Viking raider we can now perceive a cosmopolitan mix of traders and warriors, craftsworkers and poets, explorers and colonists. Over the course of the Viking Age, their small-scale rural, tribal societies gradually became urbanised monarchies firmly emplaced on the stage of literate, Christian Europe. In the process they transformed the cultures of the North, created the modern Nordic nation states and left a far-flung diaspora with legacies that still resonate today. This volume explores the society and economy, identity and world-views of the Scandinavian peoples, and their unique religious beliefs that are still of enduring interest a millennium later. The Viking expansion is discussed in detail, including analyses of its origin and consequences for a vast area stretching from the Asian steppe to North America, culminating in the long-term reshaping of Scandinavia itself. Written by one of the leading experts in the period, this book presents students with an unrivalled guide through this widely studied and fascinating subject, revealing the Vikings as a sophisticated civilisation of fundamental importance for the later course of European history.

LC Classification NumberDL65