Kings and Vikings
Subtitle: Scandinavia and Europe A.D. 700-1100
Publisher: Routledge
Published: April 24, 1984
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780415045902
First sentence: For three centuries, beginning shortly before the year 800, north-west Europe was exposed to attacks by Scandinavians, who had discovered that great wealth could be gathered by plundering or threatening the rich communities of the British Isles and Frankia.