The Vikings
Subtitle: Wolves of War (Critical Issues in History)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: December 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780742533981
Subjects: European history: c 500 to c 1500; Medieval; History; History - General History; History: World; Northern Europe, Scandinavia; Northmen; Europe - Scandinavia; History / Europe / General; Europe - General; Civilization, Viking; Vikings
Description: From the Publisher: This concise and balanced history traces the 300-year saga of the pirates and warlords who poured out of Scandinavia between the eighth and eleventh centuries, terrorizing, conquering, and ultimately settling vast stretches of Europe. Martin Arnold provides a lively and accessible account of this early medieval period that became known as the Viking Age. Drawing on rich literary and archaeological source material, he first focuses on Viking culture, religious beliefs, and battle tactics and weaponry. He then ranges over the four main theatres of Viking activity-the British Isles, Western Europe, the Slavic regions, and the North Atlantic. Arnold vividly illustrates the two faces of the Vikings: on the one hand, savage, greedy and implacable; on the other, adventurous, innovative, and artistic.