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Book SynopsisViking Empires, first published in 2005, is a definitive history of the Viking World and the first study of the global implications of its expansion, integration, and reorientation. From the first contact in the 790s the book traces the political, military, social, cultural and religious history of the Viking Age from Iceland to Lithuania.
Trade Review'… this bold new history of the Vikings.' Scotland on Sunday
'The evocative 'empires' of this book's title draws attention to the Scandinavians' exceptional range of operations and should raise interesting questions about the nature of political power in the Viking Age.' The Times Literary Supplement
'This is an important book and will force many to look again at their understanding of British and European history in this formative period.' Contemporary Review
'… a great deal of information … well worth the attention of readers …' The Mariner's Mirror
Table of Contents1. Viking raiders, Scandinavian Kingdoms and the wider world; 2. The Beginnings; 3. First contact: England and the continent; 4. Ireland and Scotland; 5. A Water World; 6. Conquest and integration, c. 950–1260; 7. The second Viking age in England, c. 970–1066; 8. The Irish Sea; 9. Scotland and the Vikings; 10. Orkney and Shetland; 11. Crossing the North Atlantic; 12. Sailing the North Atlantic; 13. Scandinavia and European integration: reform and rebirth; 14. Conclusion.
