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From the remote and unforgiving landscape of northern Europe, the Vikings voyaged to far-flung areas of the world with extraordinary consequences. The Viking Experience examines the origins, explorations and settlements of these seafaring people, exploring their impact on the world as colonizers, craftsmen, traders and state-makers.
This highly illustrated book provides a revealing portrait of the Vikings' incredible legacy with a collection of facsimiles and translations of rare documents.
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About the Authors
Dr Marjolein Stern is an expert in Viking and Medieval culture and communication. She worked at the Centre for the Study of the Viking Age at Nottingham University and now works at Ghent University, Belgium.
Roderick Dale is an archaeologist and expert in Scandinavian history, Old Norse language and literature, Viking Age warfare and the Vikings in popular culture. He works at the Centre for the Study of the Viking Age at Nottingham University.
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From the remote and unforgiving landscape of northern Europe, the Vikings voyaged to far-flung areas of the world with extraordinary consequences. The Viking Experience examines the origins, explorations and settlements of these seafaring people, exploring their impact on the world as colonizers, craftsmen, traders and state-makers. This highly illustrated book provides a revealing portrait of the Vikings incredible legacy with a collection of facsimiles and translations of rare documents, including: Drawings and photographs from archaeological dig sites An extract from the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, describing a Viking raid on Lindisfarne The Skálholt map that marks Norse discoveries in the western Atlantic A page from the Stockholm Codex Aureus, an illuminated manuscript that was looted by the Vikings The Vinland map showing Norse exploration of America as an example of recreated Viking history
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