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Children of ash and elm : a history of the Vikings / Neil Price.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Basic Books, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: xviii, 599 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780465096985
  • 0465096980
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Contents:
Prologue: Driftwood -- Introduction: Ancestors and inheritors -- The making of Midgard. The home of their shapes ; Age of winds, age of wolves ; The social network ; The pursuit of liberty ; Border crossings ; The performance of power ; Meeting the others ; Dealing with the dead -- The Viking phenomenon. Inroads ; Maritoria ; Warriorhoods ; Hydrachy ; Diaspora -- New worlds, new nations. The golden age of the sheep farmer ; Silver, slaves, and silk ; The experiments of monarchy ; Lands of fire and vines ; The many ends of the Viking Age -- Epilogue: Games.
Summary: "The Viking Age--between 750 and 1050--saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North America and the Asian steppe. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology, their art and culture. From Björn Ironside, who led an expedition to sack Rome, to Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the most traveled woman in the world, Price shows us the real Vikings, not the caricatures they've become in popular culture and history"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 948.022 P946 Available 33111009748902
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 948.022 P946 Available Bottoms of most pages have water damage 33111010393128
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The definitive history of the Vikings -- from arts and culture to politics and cosmology -- by a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertise
The Viking Age -- from 750 to 1050 -- saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe. But for centuries, the Vikings have been seen through the eyes of others, distorted to suit the tastes of medieval clerics and Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian imperialists, Nazis, and more. None of these appropriations capture the real Vikings, or the richness and sophistication of their culture.
Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology and religion, their material world. Known today for a stereotype of maritime violence, the Vikings exported new ideas, technologies, beliefs, and practices to the lands they discovered and the peoples they encountered, and in the process were themselves changed. From Eirík Bloodaxe, who fought his way to a kingdom, to Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the most traveled woman in the world, Children of Ash and Elm is the definitive history of the Vikings and their time.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Driftwood -- Introduction: Ancestors and inheritors -- The making of Midgard. The home of their shapes ; Age of winds, age of wolves ; The social network ; The pursuit of liberty ; Border crossings ; The performance of power ; Meeting the others ; Dealing with the dead -- The Viking phenomenon. Inroads ; Maritoria ; Warriorhoods ; Hydrachy ; Diaspora -- New worlds, new nations. The golden age of the sheep farmer ; Silver, slaves, and silk ; The experiments of monarchy ; Lands of fire and vines ; The many ends of the Viking Age -- Epilogue: Games.

"The Viking Age--between 750 and 1050--saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North America and the Asian steppe. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology, their art and culture. From Björn Ironside, who led an expedition to sack Rome, to Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the most traveled woman in the world, Price shows us the real Vikings, not the caricatures they've become in popular culture and history"-- Provided by publisher.

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