The Viking Experience - Rilegato

Stern, Marjolein; Dale, Roderick

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1780974957 ISBN 13: 9781780974958

Casa editrice: Carlton Books Ltd, 2014

Riassunto

Setting sail from Northern Europe during the Dark Ages, the Vikings burst onto an unsuspecting world with extraordinary consequences. This lavish volume, with 15 removable facsimile items, sheds new light on the Viking Age. Discussing everything from Norse gods and belief systems to their technological advances, extraordinary craftsmanship, social organization, and military might, this compelling portrait reveals how Viking imperatives decisively shaped our civilization.
 
Fifteen items of removable facsimile memorabilia include:

• A plan of a Viking ship
• An extract from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle describing a Viking raid
• Notes and photographs from archeological digs
• Maps showing Viking exploration

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Informazioni sull'autore

Marjolein Stern is an expert on the Viking Age and medieval culture and communication. She has written numerous articles on Viking culture and has just completed her PhD on runestone images and visual communication in the Viking Age. She was based at the Centre for the Study of the Viking Age at Nottingham University in the UK, and now works at the University of Ghent in Belgium.
 
Roderick Dale is an archeologist and expert in Scandinavian history, Old Norse language and literature, Viking Age warfare, and the Vikings in popular culture. Roderick has worked with a number of authors as a historical consultant, most recently on Anita Ganeri&;s Norse Myths and Legends (Raintree Publishing.)

Dalla quarta di copertina

From the remote and unforgiving landscape of northern Europe, the Vikings voyaged to far-flung areas of the world with extraordinary consequences. The Viking Experience examines the origins, explorations and settlements of these seafaring people, exploring their impact on the world as colonizers, craftsmen, traders and state-makers. This highly illustrated book provides a revealing portrait of the Vikings incredible legacy with a collection of facsimiles and translations of rare documents, including: Drawings and photographs from archaeological dig sites An extract from the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, describing a Viking raid on Lindisfarne The Skálholt map that marks Norse discoveries in the western Atlantic A page from the Stockholm Codex Aureus, an illuminated manuscript that was looted by the Vikings The Vinland map showing Norse exploration of America as an example of recreated Viking history

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Carlton Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1780974957
• ISBN 13: 9781780974958
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 63
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile