Eleanor Parker (UK University of Oxford)

Dragon Lords

The History and Legends of Viking England

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Why did the Vikings sail to England? Were they indiscriminate raiders, motivated solely by bloodlust and plunder?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 139mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9781350124998
• ISBN-10: 1350124990
• Artikelnr.: 55779945

Autorenporträt

Eleanor Parker is Lecturer in Medieval English Literature at Brasenose College, University of Oxford, UK. She also writes a regular column for History Today.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Timeline of Key Texts and Events Acknowledgements A
Note on Names Map of Anglo-Saxon England Introduction 1. 'From the north
comes all that is evil': Vikings, Kings and Saints, c. 985-1100 2. The Sons
of Ragnar Lothbrok 3. The Story of Siward 4. Danish Sovereignty and the
Right to Rule 5. 'Over the salt sea to England': Havelok and the Danes
Epilogue: The Danes in English Folklore Notes Bibliography Index