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The Vikings : facts and fictions / Kirsten Wolf and Tristan Mueller-Vollmer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Historical facts and fictionsPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]Description: xiii, 183 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781440862984
  • 1440862982
Subject(s):
Contents:
Vikings were one nation -- All Scandinavians were Vikings -- Vikings were barbarians -- All Vikings were pagan -- Vikings were hated by their peers -- Wives of Vikings had equal rights -- Vikings had primitive weapons -- Vikings were unhygienic -- Vikings wore horned helmets -- Vikings carved the blood-eagle -- Vikings drank out of skull-cups.
Summary: "This book explores popular misconceptions about the Vikings and the historical truths about Viking society."--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 948.022 W854 Available 33111009134848
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book explores 11 popular misconceptions about the Vikings. Each chapter looks at a particular misconception, examines how it became popular, discusses what we now believe to be the truth, and provides excerpts from primary source documents.

When people think of the Vikings, they often envision marauding barbarians who lived violent lives. While a number of mistaken beliefs about the Vikings have become engrained in popular culture, they are not grounded in historical facts. This book examines popular misconceptions related to the Vikings and the historical truths that contradict the fictions.

The book discusses 11 mistaken notions about the Vikings, with each fiction treated in its own chapter. Topics include whether the Vikings wore horned helmets, whether they were unhygienic, whether they had primitive weapons, whether they drank out of skull cups, and more. Each chapter examines how the misconception proliferated and discusses what we now believe to be the facts contradicting the fictions. Excerpts from primary source documents help readers to understand how the misconceptions came to be throughout history and provide evidence for the historical truths.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vikings were one nation -- All Scandinavians were Vikings -- Vikings were barbarians -- All Vikings were pagan -- Vikings were hated by their peers -- Wives of Vikings had equal rights -- Vikings had primitive weapons -- Vikings were unhygienic -- Vikings wore horned helmets -- Vikings carved the blood-eagle -- Vikings drank out of skull-cups.

"This book explores popular misconceptions about the Vikings and the historical truths about Viking society."--Provided by publisher.

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