Norsemen in the Viking Age

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Wiley, Dec 31, 2001 - History - 392 pages
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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    Norsemen in the Viking Age
    Eric Christiansen
    Limited preview - 2008
    The Norsemen in the Viking Age
    Eric Christiansen
    No preview available - 2006

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    About the author (2001)

    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).

    Bibliographic information

    TitleNorsemen in the Viking Age
    The Peoples of Europe
    AuthorEric Christiansen
    Editionillustrated
    PublisherWiley, 2001
    ISBN0631216774, 9780631216773
    Length392 pages
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    History / Medieval
      
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