Cultural Atlas of the Viking World - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0816030049 ISBN 13 : 9780816030040

Editeur : Facts On File Inc, 1994

Synopsis

One of the "Culural Atlas" series, this is an illustrated history of the Viking Age - Europe's dominant culture for over 300 years from the late 8th century. Centred on Denmark, Norway and Sweden, but reaching westward across the Atlantic, eastward to the Black Sea and southward to the Mediterranean, the Viking Age dominated Europe and was symbolized by networks of sea crossings and river routes, military campaigns and cultural development. The first part of the atlas examines the physical background of the Scandinavian homelands and traces the history of human settlement before the Vikings. Part Two covers the Vikings in Scandinavia, dealing with society and organization, rulers and kings, warfare, daily life of farmers, craftsmen and traders, religion, literature and much more. Next, contributors discuss the Vikings overseas, in the Western World, the Celtic World, the North Atlantic, Russia and the East. This section includes major features on The Danelaw, Repton Winter Camp, York, Jarlshof, The Isle of Man, St Patrick's Isle and Dublin. Lastly, the atlas covers the conversion of the Vikings to Christianity and the foundation of the nation-states of Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

For 300 years, from the ninth to the eleventh centuries, the power of the Vikings dominated Western Europe. Their voyaging extended westwards to America and as far south as the Mediterranean and North Africa. As well as being warriors and accomplished seamen, they were jewellers, sculptors and poets of great skill and originality: the forts, town sites, ships, burial mounds, carved stones, place names, sagas, art and artefacts they left behind substantiate their legendary exploits.

This is a revised and updated edition of James Graham-Campbell's authoritative account of the Viking world, based on recent archaeological research, with an important chapter on ships, shipwrights and seamen from Sean McGrail. The text is complemented by a wealth of illustration, including maps and reconstruction drawings. Photographs, many of them especially commissioned, portray the brilliant products of the Vikings' culture and the beauty and harshness of the natural world they faced.

Biographie de l'auteur

James Graham-Campbell is Professor of Medieval Archaeology at the University of London and  specialist in Viking and late Celtic archaeology. He helped set up the first British degree course in medieval archaeology at University College, London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Facts On File Inc
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0816030049
• ISBN 13: 9780816030040
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Éditeur: Graham-Campbell James
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible