The World of the Vikings
By Richard Hall.
Description
A vivid picture of the Vikings that draws on the latest discoveries and augments written evidence with fine archaeological detail.Here is the complete story of the Vikings from their origins in Scandinavia during the early first millennium AD, through the incredible period of raiding, trading, and settling known as the Viking Age and the huge impact that the Vikings had on the course of European history, to the last surviving Viking settlements in fifteenth-century Greenland.The book explores Viking life and culture in detail, from their costumes and appearance to their longhouses and towns...
ISBN(s)
0500051445, 9780500051443