Chronicles
of the Vikings: Records, Memorials and Myths
by R. I. Page.
Paperback: 240 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.77 x
9.42 x 6.73
Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr; (January 1996)
ISBN: 0802071651
Cultural
Atlas of the Viking World
by Colleen E. Batey, et al
Hardcover: 240 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.98 x
12.19 x 9.64
Publisher: Checkmark Books; (October 1994)
ISBN: 0816030049
A
History of the Vikings
by Gwyn Jones
Paperback from Oxford Press
Book Published: May, 2001
The
King of Vinland's Saga
by Stuart W. Mirsky
(Paperback - August 1998)
Mongols,
Huns & Vikings
by Hugh Kennedy, John Keegan
Hardcover from Sterling
Book Published: July, 2002
The
Norsemen in the Viking Age (Peoples of Europe)
by Eric Christiansen
Hardcover from Blackwell Publishers
Book Published: May, 2002
The
Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings
edited by P. H. Sawyer.
Everyone feared the Vikings during their three centuries of terror,
which lasted roughly from the start of the 8th century to the end of the
11th century. They are best remembered as cruel pagan raiders from the
frigid north, but their vibrant warrior culture also managed to transform
the north Atlantic and much of Russia through trade and settlement. Their
seafaring exploits, passed down through the generations in a series of
entertaining sagas, led them to Iceland, Greenland, and even North America
(which they called "Vinland"). These accomplishments are truly extraordinary,
and reveal how a group of people often belittled as cruel brutes actually
expanded the frontiers of human knowledge. Peter Sawyer has pulled together
a group of accomplished scholars, including Janet L. Nelson and Simon Keynes,
to contribute chapters to this attractive, full-color volume. The Oxford
Illustrated History of the Vikings contains the very latest information
available about the Vikings and their often violent--but always intriguing--ways.
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Paperback: 320 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.77 x
9.55 x 7.08
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Illustrated edition
(September 2001)
ISBN: 0192854348
Odin's
Family : Myths of the Vikings
by Neil Philip, Maryclare Foa (Contributor)
(Hardcover - September 1996)
The
Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings
by Peter Sawyer (Editor)
(Hardcover - November 1997)
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The
Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings (Penguin Historical Atlases)
by John Haywood
Paperback: ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.38 x 9.63 x 7.07
Penguin USA (Paper); ISBN: 0140513280; (September 1995)
Secrets
of the Viking Navigators
by Leif K. Karlsen
How the Vikings used their amazing sunstones and other techniques to
cross the open ocean.
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The Sayings of the Vikings
by Bjorn Jonasson (Translator)
(Hardcover - May 2002)
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Vikings
: The North Atlantic Saga
by William W. Fitzhugh (Editor), et al
In the early Middle Ages, driven by famine at home and the promise
of wealth to be had in other lands, the Viking people exploded out of Scandinavia
and set about conquering parts of England, Ireland, France, Russia, and
even Turkey. Emboldened by their successes, the Vikings pushed ever farther
outward, eventually crossing the North Atlantic and founding settlements
in Iceland, Greenland, and eastern Canada. In The Vikings: The North Atlantic
Saga, some three dozen scholars examine the growing archaeological evidence
of the Viking presence in the New World--including such items as a Norse
coin excavated in Maine, runic stones from the Canadian Arctic, and farming
implements found in Newfoundland. The contributors consider the sometimes
friendly, sometimes warlike history of Viking interactions with the native
peoples of northeastern North America (whom the Norse called skraelings,
or "screamers"); compare the archaeological record with contemporary sagas
and other records of exploration; and argue for the need to better document
the Viking contribution to New World history. "As an historical and cultural
achievement," write the editors, "the Viking Age and its North American
medieval extension stand out as one of the most remarkable periods in human
history." This oversized, heavily illustrated volume celebrates that little-understood
time. --Gregory McNamee - Amazon.com
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Viking Discovery of America : The Excavation of a Norse Settlement in L'Anse
Aux Meadows, Newfoundland
by Helge Ingstad, Anne Stine Ingstad
(Hardcover - October 2001)
Viking
Hersir : 793-1066 AD (Warrior
Series, No 3)
by Mark Harrison, Gerry Embleton (Illustrator)
The earliest violent encounter recorded between Scandinavians and the
people of Britain was in 789, and "seamen", "pirates" and "pagans" were
all terms which were to become synonymous with viking by the end of the
Viking period. The enduring perception that the Viking raids targeted the
Christian Church, however, is a myth born rather of the bias of the Old
English historians than of any discrimination on the part of the Vikings,
and by the 830's their attacks were clearly aimed primarily at Europe's
economic centers. Mark Harrison investigates the lifestyle, the motivation
and the status of these early Scandinavian warriors. The Publisher.
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by Ian Heath
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by Elizabeth Janeway
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