The Hammer and the Cross
A New History of the Vikings
$49.23
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
22 December 2010
Summary
The best portrait of the Viking Age now available in English
For those living outside Scandinavia, the Viking Age effectively began in 793 with an attack on the monastery at Lindisfarne, a characteristically violent harbinger of what was in store for Britain and much of Europe from the Vikings for the next 300 years, until the final destruction of the heathen temple to the Norse gods at Uppsala around 1090.
Robert Ferguson is a sure guide across what he calls ‘the treacherous …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141017754 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141017759 |
| Author: | Robert Ferguson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 22 December 2010 |
| Weight: | 362g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 28mm |
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Ferguson adds another layer to our perception of our origins in this compelling and often poignant account of a pagan warrior society faced with Christianity on the march
Ferguson adds another layer to our perception of our origins in this compelling and often poignant account of a pagan warrior society faced with Christianity on the march * Independent *
About The Author
Robert Ferguson
Robert Ferguson is one of the world’s leading scholars in Scandinavian studies. After studying in London under Peter Foote, co-author of the classic Viking Achievement, he emigrated to Norway in 1984. At the invitation of the Norwegian Government he has lectured on aspects of Norwegian and Scandinavian history and culture at embassies, universities and other cultural venues in St Petersburg, New Delhi, Mumbai, Oslo, Bergen, Prague, Warsaw, Riga, Edinburgh, Vasa, New York and at the Library of Congress in Washington. His previous books include biographies of Henrik Ibsen and Knut Hamsun.
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