The Viking reputation is of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, yet they were also traders, settlers, and farmers, who have been variously perceived as poets, explorers, democrats, and statesmen. Julian Richards uses the latest archaeological evidence to reveal the whole Viking world, and examines their legacy - from medieval sagas to 19th Century nationalism.
The Viking reputation is of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, yet they were also traders, settlers, and farmers, who have been variously perceived as poets, explorers, democrats, and statesmen. Julian Richards uses the latest archaeological evidence to reveal the whole Viking world, and examines their legacy - from medieval sagas to 19th Century nationalism.
Julian Richards is Professor of Archaeology at the University of York, and co-director of the Centre for Medieval Studies. He specialises in the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age England, and has directed several excavations of Viking settlements, including the only Viking cremation cemetery in the British Isles. Previous publications include Viking Age England (Tempus, 2000).
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List of illustrations 1: Vikings then and now 2: Early Scandinavian kingdoms 3: Pagans and Christians 4: Changes in the countryside 5: Towns and trade 6: Across the ocean: ships and seafaring 7: Expansion overseas 8: Vikings in England 9: Raiders and settlers around the Irish Sea 10: Vikings and Picts: genocide or assimilation? 11: Landnám in the North Atlantic 12: The edge of the world: Greenland and North America 13: Re-inventing the Vikings Further reading Index
List of illustrations 1: Vikings then and now 2: Early Scandinavian kingdoms 3: Pagans and Christians 4: Changes in the countryside 5: Towns and trade 6: Across the ocean: ships and seafaring 7: Expansion overseas 8: Vikings in England 9: Raiders and settlers around the Irish Sea 10: Vikings and Picts: genocide or assimilation? 11: Landnám in the North Atlantic 12: The edge of the world: Greenland and North America 13: Re-inventing the Vikings Further reading Index
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