Northmen : the Viking saga, AD 793-1241 /

From Finland to Newfoundland and Jelling to Jerusalem, follow in the wake of the Vikings, a transformative story of a people that begins with paganism and ends in Christendom. Focusing on key events, including the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 and the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, medieval history...

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Main Author: Haywood, John, 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, [2016]
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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505 0 |a Thule, Nydam and Gamla Uppsala : the origin of the Vikings -- Lindisfarne, Athelney, and York : the Vikings in England, 789-954 -- Dorestad, Paris, and Rouen : the Vikings in Francia, 799-939 -- Iona, Dunkeld, and Orkney : Vikings in Scotland, 795-1064 -- Dublin and Cashel : the Vikings in Ireland, 795-1014 -- Seville and Luni : Vikings in Spain and the Mediterranean, 844-61 -- Kiev, Constantinople, and Bolghar : Vikings in Eastern Europe to 1041 -- Thingvellir, Brattahlid, and L'Anse aux Meadows : the Norse in the North Atlantic, 835-1000 -- Maldon, London, and Stamford Bridge : England's second Viking Age, 978-1085 -- Hedeby, Jelling, and Stiklestad : the Scandinavian kingdoms to 1100 -- Palermo, Jerusalem, and Tallinn : from Viking to Crusader -- Largs, Reykholt, and Hvalsey : the Viking twilight -- Chronology -- Viking kings and rulers, c. 800-1100. 
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