Viking Empires

Produktbeschreibung

This definitive new global history of the Viking world offers a groundbreaking work on the Viking Age--from North America to the Baltic States. 60 halftones. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Viking raiders, Scandinavian Kingdoms and the wider world; 2. The Beginnings; 3. First contact: England and the continent; 4. Ireland and Scotland; 5. A Water World; 6. Conquest and integration, c. 9501260; 7. The second Viking age in England, c. 9701066; 8. The Irish Sea; 9. Scotland and the Vikings; 10. Orkney and Shetland; 11. Crossing the North Atlantic; 12. Sailing the North Atlantic; 13. Scandinavia and European integration: reform and rebirth; 14. Conclusion.
1. Viking raiders, Scandinavian Kingdoms and the wider world; 2. The Beginnings; 3. First contact: England and the continent; 4. Ireland and Scotland; 5. A Water World; 6. Conquest and integration, c. 950-1260; 7. The second Viking age in England, c. 970-1066; 8. The Irish Sea; 9. Scotland and the Vikings; 10. Orkney and Shetland; 11. Crossing the North Atlantic; 12. Sailing the North Atlantic; 13. Scandinavia and European integration: reform and rebirth; 14. Conclusion. 

Autoreninfo

Angelo Forte is Chair of Commercial Law at the University of Aberdeen and a specialist in maritime law.