Title: Viking trade and settlement in continental Western Europe /
Authors: Klæsøe, Iben Skibsted.; Københavns universitet.
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Vikings Europe History.; Vikings Commerce History.; Vikings in art.; Vikings Europe, Western.; Vikings Commerce Europe, Western.; Viking antiquities Europe, Western.; Art, Viking.; Europe History; Europe Civilization Viking influences.
Abstract: The European coastal areas and the lands around the rivers had great importance for the Vikings, who settled in strategic areas and defended themselves - often against other intruding Vikings. This book is a collection of articles focusing on the Vikings and their presence on the western European continent.
Contents: Research history - some comments -- Viking age ships and seafaring in the West -- Frisia in Carolingian times -- Vikings in the lower Rhine area? -- The incursion of the Vikings into the natural and cultural landscape of upper Normandy -- Vikings on the continent - the numismatic evidence -- A Thor's hammer found in Normandy -- Viking art in European churches (Cammin - Bamberg - Prague - León).