Kings and Vikings
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books
Published: September 1994
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781566195393
Subjects: European history: c 500 to c 1500; Europe; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE
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.