First published in 1968, "A History of the Vikings" quickly established itself as a classic. Authoritative, but compulsively readable as the exciting adventure story that it is, it traces the development of the northern peoples and kingdoms from their half-glimpsed origins and legendary pre-history to the triumphs of Canute and the defeat and death of Herald Hardradi at Stamford Bridge in 1066.

This extensively revised edition, incorporating their latest findings and containing all the original rich illustrative material -- 30 plates, 58 figures in the text, and 15 maps -- will fully maintain its reputation as the best book on its subject yet written.

It recounts the Viking achievement in war, trade and colonization overseas:

> the assault on the British Isles and Western Christendom;
> the trading and military ventures to the Slav and Muslim worlds and Byzantium; and
> the western voyages of discovery and settlement to Iceland, Greenland and America.

It also examines the bases and characteristics of the entire Viking situation:

> environment, civilization and culture;
> society and livelihood;
> law, art and religion;
> the endless compulsions of land- and wealth-hunger; and
> the paramount importance of ships and sea-power.

Genre: Nonfiction > History
Format: Hardcover, 306 pages
Condition: Like New (images are of actual book with dust jacket)
Published: Oxford University Press, 1995

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