The Vikings

Description:

Far from being just "wild, barbaric, ax-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 colonization. This encyclopedic study brings together wide-ranging research on Viking art, burial customs, class divisions, jewelry, kingship, poetry, and family life, and, in this revised edition, recent discoveries. The result is a rich and compelling picture of an extraordinary civilization that flourished for three hundred years, well into the eleventh century.

subjects: Archaeology,  History,  Northmen,  Vikings,  Wikinger,  Vikingen,  Denmark, history,  Vikings--history,  Northmen--history,  Dl65 .r6413 1998,  948/.022

Places: Norway,  Sweden,  Denmark,  Scandinavia

Times: The Middle Ages