Vikings
Title | Vikings PDF eBook |
Author | W. B. Bartlett |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 612 |
Release | 2019-11-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1445665956 |
A comprehensive new history of the infamous Vikings. Those men and women raided and traded their way into history whilst at the same time helping to build new nations in Scandinavia and beyond.
Northmen
Title | Northmen PDF eBook |
Author | John Haywood |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2016-09-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1250106141 |
An authoritative volume that places the Vikings in their wider geographical and historical context.
Gods of the Ancient Northmen
Title | Gods of the Ancient Northmen PDF eBook |
Author | Georges Dumézil |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1977-12 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780520035072 |
The Northmen's Fury
Title | The Northmen's Fury PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Parker |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Civilization, Viking |
ISBN | 0224090801 |
The Northmenâe(tm)s Fury tells the Viking story, from the first pinprick raids of the eighth century to the great armies that left their Scandinavian homelands to conquer larger parts of France, Britain and Ireland. It recounts the epic voyages that took them across the Atlantic to the icy fjords of Greenland and to North America over four centuries before Columbus and east to the great rivers of Russia and the riches of the Byzantine empire. One summerâe(tm)s day in 793, death arrived from the sea. The raiders who sacked the island monastery of Lindisfarne were the first Vikings, sea-borne attackers who brought two centuries of terror to northern Europe. Before long the sight of their dragon-prowed longships and the very name of Viking gave rise to fear and dread, so much so that monks were reputed to pray each night for delivery from âe~the Northmenâe(tm)s Furyâe(tm). Yet for all their reputation as bloodthirsty warriors, the Vikings possessed a sophisticated culture that produced art of great beauty, literature of abiding power and kingdoms of surprising endurance. The Northmenâe(tm)s Fury describes how and why a region at the edge of Europe came to dominate and to terrorise much of the rest of the continent for nearly three centuries and how, in the end, the coming of Christianity and the growing power of kings tempered the Viking ferocity and stemmed the tide of raids. It relates the astonishing achievement of the Vikings in forging far-flung empires whose sinews were the sea and whose arteries were not roads but maritime trading routes. The blood of the Vikings runs in millions of veins in Europe and the Americas and the tale of their conquests, explorations and achievements continues to inspire people around the world.
The Northmen's Fury
Title | The Northmen's Fury PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Parker |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 2015-06-04 |
Genre | Civilization, Viking |
ISBN | 0099551845 |
The Northmen's Fury tells the Viking story, from the first pinprick raids of the eighth century to the great armies that left their Scandinavian homelands to conquer larger parts of France, Britain and Ireland. It recounts the epic voyages that took them across the Atlantic to the icy fjords of Greenland and to North America over four centuries before Columbus and east to the great rivers of Russia and the riches of the Byzantine empire. One summer's day in 793, death arrived from the sea. The raiders who sacked the island monastery of Lindisfarne were the first Vikings, sea-borne attackers who brought two centuries of terror to northern Europe. Before long the sight of their dragon-prowed longships and the very name of Viking gave rise to fear and dread, so much so that monks were reputed to pray each night for delivery from 'the Northmen's Fury'. Yet for all their reputation as bloodthirsty warriors, the Vikings possessed a sophisticated culture that produced art of great beauty, literature of abiding power and kingdoms of surprising endurance. The Northmen's Fury describes how and why a region at the edge of Europe came to dominate and to terrorise much of the rest of the continent for nearly three centuries and how, in the end, the coming of Christianity and the growing power of kings tempered the Viking ferocity and stemmed the tide of raids. It relates the astonishing achievement of the Vikings in forging far-flung empires whose sinews were the sea and whose arteries were not roads but maritime trading routes. The blood of the Vikings runs in millions of veins in Europe and the Americas and the tale of their conquests, explorations and achievements continues to inspire people around the world.
The History of the Northmen Or Danes and Normans, from the Earliest Times to the Conquest of England by William of Normandy
Title | The History of the Northmen Or Danes and Normans, from the Earliest Times to the Conquest of England by William of Normandy PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Wheaton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 367 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781588401199 |
facsilimie reprint (1831) Very rare book. Excellent quality; computer scanned; attractive color cover with 10mm. clear plastic cover sheet, plastic comb bound.
History of the Northmen, or Danes and Normans, from the earliest times to the Conquest
Title | History of the Northmen, or Danes and Normans, from the earliest times to the Conquest PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Wheaton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 526 |
Release | 1831 |
Genre | |
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