Viking empires

by Forte, A. D. M.

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[This book] is a definitive new account of the Viking world. From the first contact in the 790s, this book traces the ... history of the Viking Age from the North American seaboard in the west to the Baltic states in the east ... [It] integrates social, political, cultural, economic, maritime and military history with archaeology, literature and religion to offer an ... account of the rise and fall of the Viking empires.-Back cover.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Viking empires / Angelo Forte, Richard Oram and Frederik Pedersen.

Summary

[This book] is a definitive new account of the Viking world. From the first contact in the 790s, this book traces the ... history of the Viking Age from the North American seaboard in the west to the Baltic states in the east ... [It] integrates social, political, cultural, economic, maritime and military history with archaeology, literature and religion to offer an ... account of the rise and fall of the Viking empires.-Back cover.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2007.

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Originally published: Cambridge, UK; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2005.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 audio disc ; : 4 3/4 in.

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocm86111388
  • Dewey Decimal:948.022 T

Table of Contents

Viking raiders, Scandinavian kingdoms and the wider world -- Beginnings -- First contact, England and the continent -- Ireland and Scotland --Water world -- Conquest and integration, c. 950-1260 -- Second Viking age in England, c. 970-1066 -- Irish Sea -- Scotland and the Vikings -- Orkney and Shetland -- Crossing the North Atlantic -- Sailing the North Atlantic -- Scandinavia and European integration, reform and rebirth -- Conclusions.

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