The Vikings

Third Edition

Author: Else Roesdahl, Kirsten Williams and Susan Margeson

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The Viking Age is shot through with the spirit of adventure. For 300 years, from just before AD800 until well into the eleventh century, the Vikings affected almost every region accessible to their ships, and left traces that are still part of life today

First publised in Denmark under the title Vikingernes verden by Gyldendal Copenhagen 1987. This translation first published by Allen Lane in 1991.

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First publised in Denmark under the title Vikingernes verden by Gyldendal Copenhagen 1987. This translation first published by Allen Lane in 1991.

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A new and updated edition of this authoritative work on Viking history, from a distinguished expert in the fieldThoroughly updated and with a new forewordFar from being just 'wild, barbaric, axe-wielding pirates', the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia and made a major impact on European history through trade, travel and far-flung consolidation. This encyclopedic study brings together the latest research on Viking art, burial customs, class divisions, jewellery, kingship, poetry and family life. The result is a rich and compelling picture of an extraordinary civilisation.

About the Author

Else Roesdahl is Professor Emerita in Medieval Archaeology at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and an honorary doctor of Trinity College, Dublin and the University of York.