Viking Age

Viking Age

Author: Kirsten Wolf

Publisher: Union Square & Company

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781454909064

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Though infamous for their pirating and raiding, active Vikings were actually only a tiny fraction of the total Scandinavian population during the so-called Viking Age. This exploration of their culture goes beyond the myths into the prosaic realities and intimate details of family life; their attitude toward the more vulnerable members of society; their famed longships and extensive travels; and the role they played in the greater community. In addition to images and maps, a timeline lays out Viking history.


Life in Viking Times

Life in Viking Times

Author: Sarah Ridley

Publisher: Everyday History (Hardcover)

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781599209524

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This volume gives young readers an insider look at the everyday lives of ancient Vikings, providing a relatable way for them to learn about the history of this ancient culture. All aspects of life are covered, with the differences in wealth and social classes highlighted and contrasted (poor Vikings could only afford wooden cups and plates). Vibrant illustrations and photos of historical artifacts accompany the easy-to-read text. Maps, time lines, alphabet samples, and extra features such as a "mystery object" quiz help involve and entertain the reader as they learn about this important culture.


A Viking Way of Life

A Viking Way of Life

Author: Steven P. Ashby

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2014-01-15

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1445620588

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An engaging look at life in the Viking Age.


Everyday Life in Viking-Age Towns

Everyday Life in Viking-Age Towns

Author: Letty ten Harkel

Publisher: Oxbow Books

Published: 2013-11-04

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 1782970096

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The study of early medieval towns has frequently concentrated on urban beginnings, the search for broadly applicable definitions of urban characteristics and the chronological development of towns. Far less attention has been paid to the experience of living in towns. The thirteen chapters in this book bring together the current state of knowledge about Viking-Age towns (c. 800–1100) from both sides of the Irish Sea, focusing on everyday life in and around these emerging settlements. What was it really like to grow up, live, and die in these towns? What did people eat, what did they wear, and how did they make a living for themselves? Although historical sources are addressed, the emphasis of the volume is overwhelmingly archaeological, paying homage to the wealth of new material that has become available since the advent of urban archaeology in the 1960s.


Women in the Viking Age

Women in the Viking Age

Author: Judith Jesch

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0851153607

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Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, Jesch discovers the true story of viking women.


Icelanders in the Viking Age

Icelanders in the Viking Age

Author: William R. Short

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2010-03-15

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 0786447273

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The Sagas of Icelanders are enduring stories from Viking-age Iceland filled with love and romance, battles and feuds, tragedy and comedy. Yet these tales are little read today, even by lovers of literature. The culture and history of the people depicted in the Sagas are often unfamiliar to the modern reader, though the audience for whom the tales were intended would have had an intimate understanding of the material. This text introduces the modern reader to the daily lives and material culture of the Vikings. Topics covered include religion, housing, social customs, the settlement of disputes, and the early history of Iceland. Issues of dispute among scholars, such as the nature of settlement and the division of land, are addressed in the text.


Children of Ash and Elm

Children of Ash and Elm

Author: Neil Price

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2020-08-25

Total Pages: 629

ISBN-13: 0465096999

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The definitive history of the Vikings -- from arts and culture to politics and cosmology -- by a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertise The Viking Age -- from 750 to 1050 -- saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe. But for centuries, the Vikings have been seen through the eyes of others, distorted to suit the tastes of medieval clerics and Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian imperialists, Nazis, and more. None of these appropriations capture the real Vikings, or the richness and sophistication of their culture. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology and religion, their material world. Known today for a stereotype of maritime violence, the Vikings exported new ideas, technologies, beliefs, and practices to the lands they discovered and the peoples they encountered, and in the process were themselves changed. From Eirík Bloodaxe, who fought his way to a kingdom, to Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the most traveled woman in the world, Children of Ash and Elm is the definitive history of the Vikings and their time.