

Between the eighth and eleventh centuries, the Vikings set out from their Scandinavian homeland to trade, raid, and conquer along the coasts of Europe. Their influence and expeditions stretched from Newfoundland to Baghdad, and their battles were as far-flung as Africa and the Arctic. But were they great seafarers or desperate outcasts, noble pagans or foolish pirates, the last pagans or the first modern Europeans? This concise study juxtaposes medieval chronicles, Norse sagas, and Islamic narratives with modern research into ritual magic, genetic profiles, and climatology. It includes biographies of some of the most famous Vikings, from Erik Bloodaxe to Saint Olaf, King Canute to Leif the Lucky. It explains why the Danish king Harald Bluetooth lent his name to a 21st-century wireless technology; which future saint laughed as she buried foreign ambassadors alive; why so many Icelandic settlers had Irish names; and how the last Viking colony was destroyed by English invaders.
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| Category | Foreign novels |
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| Language | الإنجليزية |
| ISBN | 9781845290764 |
| Availability | In stock |
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