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Chargement... A Brief History of the Vikings: The Last Pagans or the First Modern Europeans?par Jonathan Clements
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. No notes recorded. ( ) CONTENTS 1. List of Illustrations - vii 2. Preface and Acknowledgements - pag. ix 3. Introduction: Britannia Deserta - The Dark Ages - pag. 1 4. Songs of the Valkyries - Myths and Legends of Scandinavia - pag. 15 5. Fury of the Northmen - From the First Raids to Harald Bluetooth - pag. 48 6. Great Heathen Hosts - Highlands, Islands, Ireland and England - pag. 66 7. Brother Shall Fight Brother - Harald Fairhair and Sons - pag. 81 8. The Road East - Vikings, Russians and Varangians - pag. 98 9. Advent of the White Christ - From Harald Greycloak of Olaf Crowbone - pag. 116 10. Beyond the Edhe of the World - Iceland, Greenland and Vinland - pag. 137 11. London Bridge is Falling Down - From Svein Forkbeard of Olaf the Stout - pag. 160 12. The Thunderbolt of the North - The Life and Legends of Halard the Ruthless - pag. 186 13. Children of Thor - One Thousand Year Later - pag. 214 14. Appendix: Rulers during the Viking Age - pag. 230 15. Family Trees - pag. 233 16. Maps - pag. 239 17. Further Reading - pag. 242 18. Refereces - pag. 249 19. Index - pag. 263 A good introduction and easy read for anyone interested in the Vikings, necessarily told not much from a Viking point of view, since they wrote little, traveling without pen and paper. Of special interest to many readers of the British Isles and others of Scandinavian heritage, many in the upper midwest in the U.S. There are three good maps in the back. This really lives up to its name. Don't expect detailed information about the daily lives of any of the characters whose exploits are chronicled within. But for seeing the overall arch of the viking history and a good taste of their far-flung wanderings, you could do a lot worse than this book. Unfortunately, I think I probably walked away from this with less than I could have -- I listened to it in audiobook form, though I do have a copy on my Kindle. In the print and Kindle versions there are maps and family trees which doubtless add quite a bit of context and provide a good reference source as you get lost amongst the many Haralds and Olafs. I think a revisit will be in order at some point in the not too distant future. I wanted a broader picture of the Vikings than that which we tend to get in the UK. I had heard about the Volga Vikings on an 'In Our Time' episode a while ago and was intrigued by the idea of these northern adventurers meeting the cultural sophistication of the Byzantine and Abbasid courts. This book really gives the sense of the wide range of the Viking experience and counterbalances that very well with more detailed close up accounts of some of the individuals involved. A very enjoyable read. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Between the eighth and eleventh centuries, the Vikings surged from their Scandinavian homeland to trade and raid along the coasts of Europe. Their influence extended from Newfoundland to Baghdad, their battles were as far-flung as Africa and the Arctic. But were they great seafarers or desperate outcasts, noble heathens or oafish pirates, the last pagans or the first of the modern Europeans? This concise study puts medieval chronicles, Norse sagas and Muslim accounts alongside more recent research into ritual magic, genetic profiling and climatology. It includes biographical sketches of some of the most famous Vikings, from Erik Bloodaxe to Saint Olaf, from King Canute to Leif the Lucky. Extending beyond the traditional 'Viking age' of most books, A Brief History of the Vikings also places sudden Scandinavian population movements in a wider historical context. It presents a balanced appraisal of these infamous sea kings, explaining both their swift expansion and its supposed halt. Supposed because the Vikings never really went away. Instead, posits Clements, they became a part of who we are today. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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