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Harvey Alex
Forgotten Vikings New Approaches To The Viking Age
Forgotten Vikings New Approaches To The Viking Age
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Binding: Hardcover
Description: Forgotten Vikings provides a chronological overview of the Viking Age (793 1066) and quite a lot of history either side of these arbitrary dates. Arbitrary? This book aims to explore the phenomenon of the Vikings from new angles forged out of recent academic breakthroughs largely unexplored in popular history books; the Viking Age viewed as a longer discrete period from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries. Focusing on lesser - known aspects of the period Alex Harvey taps into more obscure regions of the world these people visited more obscure characters and more obscure cultural elements. Examples include the evidence for viking activity on the Azores and Madeira thirteenth - century Baltic raids and the presence of viking armies in the Netherlands long before they became a threat to England. Offering unfamiliar perspectives Forgotten Vikings will change the way you see these often misunderstood people and unearth a forgotten history.
Title: Forgotten Vikings New Approaches To The Viking Age
Author(s): Harvey Alex
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Barcode: 9781398122093
Pages: 352 Pages, 16 Plates, Color
Publication Date: 4/22/2025
Category: Early History: C 500 To C 1450/1500
Description: Forgotten Vikings provides a chronological overview of the Viking Age (793 1066) and quite a lot of history either side of these arbitrary dates. Arbitrary? This book aims to explore the phenomenon of the Vikings from new angles forged out of recent academic breakthroughs largely unexplored in popular history books; the Viking Age viewed as a longer discrete period from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries. Focusing on lesser - known aspects of the period Alex Harvey taps into more obscure regions of the world these people visited more obscure characters and more obscure cultural elements. Examples include the evidence for viking activity on the Azores and Madeira thirteenth - century Baltic raids and the presence of viking armies in the Netherlands long before they became a threat to England. Offering unfamiliar perspectives Forgotten Vikings will change the way you see these often misunderstood people and unearth a forgotten history.
Title: Forgotten Vikings New Approaches To The Viking Age
Author(s): Harvey Alex
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Barcode: 9781398122093
Pages: 352 Pages, 16 Plates, Color
Publication Date: 4/22/2025
Category: Early History: C 500 To C 1450/1500