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Else Roesdahl; trans. Susan M. Margeson and Kirsten Williams.
The Vikings.
Published London: Guild Publishing, 1991 (book club reissue; reprints the Penguin edn.)
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Size: 162×240×31mm.
Page count: xxiii,323pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good.

This item £6.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Penguin 2nd edn paperback in print at £9.99]
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Contents: Intro. — allure of the Vikings; Viking age & its sources;
Scandinavia: Geography, nature & culture; People; Language, writing & personal names; Society; Kings & kingdoms; Travel, transport & ships; Livelihood & settlement; Exchange, silver & merchandise; Trade & towns; Fortifications, weapons & warfare; Old & new religion; Art & poetry;
The expansion: Background & beginnings; Mainland of western Europe; Scotland & Isle of Man; Ireland; England; Iceland, Faroes, Greenland & America; Baltic, Russia, Byzantium & the Caliphate;
Conclusion — world of the Vikings.

Illustrations: 28 text figures, plus 16 pages of plates, all monochrome
Maps & plans: 19

Notes: sources of quotations, otherwise no
Tables: 1
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 14pp
Indexes: General; Personal names; Places.

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