Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
- Published by: Oxford University Press, USA; Ill edition September 20, 2001
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0192854348
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0192854346
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Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 7 x 0.6 inches
- Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Product Review
Everyone feared the Vikings during their three centuries of terror, which lasted roughly from the start of the 8th century to the end of the 11th century. They are best remembered as cruel pagan raiders from the frigid north, but their vibrant warrior culture also managed to transform the north Atlantic and much of Russia through trade and settlement. Their seafaring exploits, passed down through the generations in a series of entertaining sagas, led them to Iceland, Greenland, and even North America (which they called "Vinland"). These accomplishments are truly extraordinary, and reveal how a group of people often belittled as cruel brutes actually expanded the frontiers of human knowledge. Peter Sawyer has pulled together a group of accomplished scholars, including Janet L. Nelson and Simon Keynes, to contribute chapters to this attractive, full-color volume.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings contains the very latest information available about the Vikings and their often violent--but always intriguing--ways.
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Product Review
"the truest picture yet of the Vikings and their age."--Publishing News
Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings (Oxford Illustrated Histories) (Hardcover)
This is one of the best books on the Vikings I've ever read (and I've read dozens!). With numerous contributors from many universtities, each chapter is written with detailed authority and offers a fresh perspective. The chonology at the back of the book is a bonus feature. My only criticism is that, depspite chapters on exploration to the west (what I consider to be the most important legacy of the Vikings), Sawyer still tends to let the British perspective of victimization by the Vikings dominate the book.
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