Provides an introduction to Norsemen in the period 750-1050. This book shows how Nordic peoples responded to hostile environments at home and overseas. It focuses on life within their homelands and colonies, families and communities. It also covers many aspects of Nordic life, i…
The Norsemen in the Viking Age is a lively introduction to Norsemen in the period 750-1050. Without dismissing stereotypes of aggressive, warmongering Vikings, Eric Christiansen shows how Nordic peoples responded to hostile environments at home and overseas. He concentrates on l…
This multi-disciplinary volume draws on the combined expertise of specialists in the history and literature of medieval Ireland, Iceland, Norway, and Scotland to shed new light on the interplay of Norse and Gaelic literary traditions. Through four detailed case-studies, which ex…
This multi-disciplinary volume draws on the combined expertise of specialists in the history and literature of medieval Ireland, Iceland, Norway, and Scotland to shed new light on the interplay of Norse and Gaelic literary traditions. Through four detailed case-studies, which ex…
A celebration of the new-age classic contains an expanded and refined explanation of the runic system, additional commentary, and a new author introduction, in an anniversary edition that shares insights into using runes as an insightful self-help tool.
"The Vikings hold a particular place in the history of the West, both symbolically and in the significant impact they had on Northern Europe. Magnus Magnusson's indispensable study of this great period presents a rounded and fascinating picture of a people who, in modern eyes, w…
[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, econ…
