Read È eBook, PDF or Kindle ePUB É Gwyn Jones
Ative follows the development of these Northern peoples the Nordmenn from their origins and the legendary pre history to the military triumphs of Canute and the defeat of Harald Hardrdi at Stamford Bridge in 1066 which symbolically ended the Viking age The book recounts the Vikings' exploits in war trade and colonization the assault on Western Christend. A dream of a history book deep detailed never a moment's boredom and ta da with writerly touches I have a huge gratitude for writerly touches wit humour art spent on a sentence in non fiction that doesn't often bother to be a writer too It makes the research swim by when you have them nuggets to look forward to
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A History of the VikingsAn utterly splendid book uite the most brilliantly written balanced and explanative general work on the Vikings ever to appear in English or in any language Scandinavian StudiesThe subject of this book is the Viking realms Denmark Sweden and Norway their civilization and culture and their many sided achievements at home and abroad A highly readable narr. Solid introductory history longer and detailed than for instance The Vikings in History with fairly lengthy uotes in translation from the source material on the Volga Vikings in particular Deeply OK if probably a bit dated now on the other hand excitement about the Vikings is greater than new developments so older books still can be read with profit really when it comes down to it even the discovery of a Viking encampment in Newfoundland this is an old book now hasn't changed the big picture or changed understanding of the dynamics of the society possibly at some stage genetics might change understanding comprehensively of Norse settlement patterns or possibly not For something with a rounded perspective taking in daily life I would recommend Else Roesdahl's book The Vikings