The Norsemen in the Viking Age
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2001
Blackwell Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-631-21677-3 (ISBN)
Blackwell Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-631-21677-3 (ISBN)
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Provides an introduction to Norsemen in the period 750-1050. This book shows how Nordic peoples responded to hostile environments at home and overseas. It focuses on life within their homelands and colonies, families and communities. It also covers many aspects of Nordic life, including ecology, politics, war, work, and migration.
This book is a lively introduction to Norsemen in the period 750-1050. Without dismissing stereotypes of aggressive, warmongering Vikings, Eric Christiansen shows how Nordic peoples responded to hostile environments at home and overseas. He concentrates on life within their homelands and colonies, families and communities. "The Norsemen in the Viking Age" covers many aspects of Nordic life, including ecology, politics, war, work, and migration. Christiansen examines both social conventions and self-awareness of individuals and groups, and reconstructs Viking-age ideas about the past, present, and future to explain contemporary behaviour. Runic, poetic, and archaeological evidence is used to illustrate the author's arguments, while an appendix sketches the outline of modern research and the directions it is taking.
This book is a lively introduction to Norsemen in the period 750-1050. Without dismissing stereotypes of aggressive, warmongering Vikings, Eric Christiansen shows how Nordic peoples responded to hostile environments at home and overseas. He concentrates on life within their homelands and colonies, families and communities. "The Norsemen in the Viking Age" covers many aspects of Nordic life, including ecology, politics, war, work, and migration. Christiansen examines both social conventions and self-awareness of individuals and groups, and reconstructs Viking-age ideas about the past, present, and future to explain contemporary behaviour. Runic, poetic, and archaeological evidence is used to illustrate the author's arguments, while an appendix sketches the outline of modern research and the directions it is taking.
Born of Danish parents, Eric Christiansen is a Fellow of New College, Oxford. His previous publications include The Origins of Military Power in Spain (1967) and The Northern Crusades (Second Edition, 1996).
List of Maps. Introduction: Vikings. Their Age. The Aim. 1. Individuals. 2. Families. 3. Communities. 4. Districts and Territories. 5. Peoples. 6. Politics. 7. War. 8. Work. 9. Migration. 10 Past. 11. Present. 12. Future. Appendices: A: Modern Research. B: Dynastic Identities. C: Dates. References.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.11.2001 |
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Reihe/Serie | Peoples of Europe |
Zusatzinfo | 11 |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 703 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-631-21677-4 / 0631216774 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-631-21677-3 / 9780631216773 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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