Description
Book SynopsisHere is the full story of the Vikings from their origins in Scandinavia during the early first millennium AD, through the incredible period of raiding, trading and settling known as the Viking Age, to the last surviving settlements in fifteenth-century Greenland.
Trade Review'Fascinatingly detailed … without doubt the most attractively presented study of the Vikings currently available … Hall’s book has no rival' - The Historian
'Well balanced and highly readable. … For those interested in reading about the Vikings, their settlements and exploits, they can do no better than start with this accomplished and rich book' - British Archaeology
'Richard Hall brings a wealth of authority and practical experience to bear in presenting this up-to-the-minute account of the Vikings and their world . . . highly informative and full of interesting detail on Viking life' - Minerva
Table of ContentsI. Who Were the Vikings? • II. Viking Life and Culture • III. Raiders and Invaders • IV. Invaders and Settlers • V. New Found Lands • VI. Expressions of Identity: Religion and Art • VII. The Later Viking Age • VIII. The End and After • IX. Nationalists, Romantics, Madmen and Scholars
