Northmen
'Haywood's lucid explanations of the cultures of the Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians are vital to understanding the motivations for their movements' KIRKUS REVIEWS. The violent and predatory society of Dark Age Scandinavia left a unique impact on the history of medieval Europe. From their chill northern fastness, Norse warriors, explorers and merchants raided, traded, and settled across wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic from the late 8th to the mid-11th century. Northmen narrates their story focusing on places where key events were played out, from the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 to the murder in Iceland in 1241 of the saga-write…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78185-522-5
- EAN: 9781781855225
- Produktnummer: 16757097
- Verlag: Head of Zeus
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 21'314 KB
Über den Autor
John Haywood was educated at the universities of Lancaster, Cambridge and Copenhagen. He is an expert on the history of Dark Age Europe. His authorial credits include The New Atlas of World History (T&H ) and The Penguin Atlas of the Vikings.
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