Children of ash and elm a history of the Vikings
"The Viking Age--between 750 and 1050--saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North America and the Asian steppe. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Basic Books,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "The Viking Age--between 750 and 1050--saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North America and the Asian steppe. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology, their art and culture. From Björn Ironside, who led an expedition to sack Rome, to Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the most traveled woman in the world, Price shows us the real Vikings, not the caricatures they've become in popular culture and history"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 599 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781541601116 1541601114 9780465096985 0465096980 |
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