Colin fairweather (8 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Vikings did not wear horned helmets. That image comes from nineteenth-century opera costumes, not archaeological evidence. It is one of dozens of myths surrounding the Norse raiders, traders, and settlers who shaped medieval Europe. The real Vikings were stranger and more interesting than the fantasy.This book dismantles popular misconceptions and replaces them with documented history. You will learn that Vikings were as often traders as raiders, that their hygiene was considered excessive by contemporary Europeans, and that their women held rights unusual for the era. The sagas they left behind are literature, not journalism, and separating fact from embellishment requires care.The Horned Myth is not about diminishing the Vikings. It is about meeting them honestly. The berserkers were real. The navigational achievements were extraordinary. The violence was brutal. But understanding requires discarding the costume-drama version first. The truth has no horns, and it needs none.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 6 issues 392 pp + original covers, fully illustrated including folding plates, bound in blue cloth. few marks, minor wear, name stamp in front, clean and sound Heavy book will need extra postage outside UK.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 6 issues in each around 100 pp + original covers, fully illustrated including folding plates, bound in black cloth. Cloth a little rubbed and marked all magazines fine. Heavy book will need extra postage outside UK.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 6 issues 392 pp less original covers, fully illustrated including foding plates, bound in black cloth. Ex College Library few marks, minor wear, clean and sound Heavy book will need extra postage outside UK.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Horned Myth | Separating Viking reality from centuries of [.] | Colin Fairweather | Taschenbuch | Englisch | epubli | EAN 9783565236183 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Neopubli GmbH (Imprint: epubli), Köpenicker Str. 154a, 10997 Berlin, produktsicherheit[at]epubli[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Vikings did not wear horned helmets. That image comes from nineteenth-century opera costumes, not archaeological evidence. It is one of dozens of myths surrounding the Norse raiders, traders, and settlers who shaped medieval Europe. The real Vikings were stranger and more interesting than the fantasy.This book dismantles popular misconceptions and replaces them with documented history. You will learn that Vikings were as often traders as raiders, that their hygiene was considered excessive by contemporary Europeans, and that their women held rights unusual for the era. The sagas they left behind are literature, not journalism, and separating fact from embellishment requires care.The Horned Myth is not about diminishing the Vikings. It is about meeting them honestly. The berserkers were real. The navigational achievements were extraordinary. The violence was brutal. But understanding requires discarding the costume-drama version first. The truth has no horns, and it needs none. 120 pp. Englisch.…