Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age
Subtitle: The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: June 14, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780851158266
Subjects: Celtic, Saxon, Germanic & Nordic archaeology; European history: c 500 to c 1500; Maritime history; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; Military - Naval; Inscriptions, Runic; History; Transportation; Old Norse; Military; Northern Europe, Scandinavia; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Sailing; Europe - Scandinavia; Medieval; Ships & Shipbuilding - History; History / Medieval; World history; Boats and boating; Terminology; Viking ships
Description: "Runic inscriptions and skaldic verse provide copious contemporary evidence documenting the activities of men and their uses of ships in the late Viking Age: this book is a systematic and comparative study of this evidence. The core is a critical survey of the vocabulary of ships and their crews, of fleets and sailing and battles at sea, based on the runic and skaldic evidence from c.950-1100. This nautical vocabulary is studied within the larger context of 'viking' activity in this period; thus the book also explores what that activity was and where it took place, its social and military aspects, and its impact on developments in the nature of kingship in Scandinavia."--Jacket.