The children of ash and elm : a history of the Vikings
Price, Neil S.2022
Book
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. For a millennium, though, their history has largely been filtered through the writings of their victims. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, this book 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 travelled woman in the world, Price shows us the real Vikings, not the caricatures they have become in popular culture and history.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Lane Library | Adult non-fiction paperback | 948.022 PRI | Available |
Main title:
The children of ash and elm : a history of the Vikings / Neil Price.
Author:
Price, Neil S., author
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2022.
Collation:
xviii, 599 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: UK; Allen Lane, 2020."An Allen Lane book"--Back cover.Originally published: New York: Basic Books, 2020.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141984445 (pbk)
Dewey class:
948.022948.022 PRI
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3125576