{"product_id":"the-vikings-9780415343503","title":"The Vikings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Vikings\u003c\/em\u003e provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to the complex world of the early medieval Scandinavians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the space of less than 300 years, from the mid-eighth to the mid-eleventh centuries CE, people from what are now Norway, Sweden, and Denmark left their homelands in unprecedented numbers to travel across the Eurasian world. Over the last half-century, archaeology and its related disciplines have radically altered our understanding of this period. \u003cem\u003eThe Vikings\u003c\/em\u003e explores why we now perceive them as a cosmopolitan mix of traders and warriors, craftsworkers and poets, explorers, and settlers. It details how, over the course of the Viking Age, their small-scale rural, tribal societies gradually became urbanised monarchies firmly emplaced on the stage of literate, Christian Europe. In the process, they transformed the cultures of the North, created the modern Nordic nation-states, and left a far-flung diaspora with legacies that still resonate to\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Viking Variations 1. The Vikings Begin 2. Viking Lives and Landscapes 3. Tradition and World-View 4. The Viking Diaspora 5. Church and State\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359028740439,"sku":"9780415343503","price":31.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415343503.jpg?v=1754123286","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-vikings-9780415343503","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}