The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings (Hist Atlas)
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: September 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780670864638
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Maps, charts & atlases; Historical Atlases; Western Europe - History; Reference; History: World; Northern Europe, Scandinavia; Atlases; Atlases - General; World; World - General; History / General; Chronology; Europe; Geography, Medieval; History; Maps; Vikings
First sentence: At the time of the first Viking raids, strong rulers such as the Frankish Emperor Charlemagne and King Offa of Mercia had brought western Europe a level of peace and prosperity it had not enjoyed since the fall of the Roman Empire.