The Vikings: Wolves of War (Critical Issues in History) - Hardcover

Arnold, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0742533972 ISBN 13: 9780742533974

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006

Synopsis

This concise and balanced history traces the 300-year saga of the pirates and warlords who poured out of Scandinavia between the eighth and eleventh centuries, terrorizing, conquering, and ultimately settling vast stretches of Europe. Martin Arnold provides a lively and accessible account of this early medieval period that became known as the Viking Age. Drawing on rich literary and archaeological source material, he first focuses on Viking culture, religious beliefs, and battle tactics and weaponry. He then ranges over the four main theatres of Viking activity - the British Isles, Western Europe, the Slavic regions, and the North Atlantic. Arnold vividly illustrates the two faces of the Vikings on the one hand, savage, greedy and implacable; on the other, adventurous, innovative, and artistic.

About this title

About the Author

Martin Arnold is senior lecturer in early medieval literature at the University of Hull.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742533972
• ISBN 13: 9780742533974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 164