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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140513280

ISBN-139780140513288

eBay Product ID (ePID)80351

Product Key Features

Book TitlePenguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1995

TopicEurope / General, Europe / Medieval, Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (See Also Travel / Maps & Road Atlases)

IllustratorYes

GenreReference, History

AuthorJohn Haywood

Book SeriesHist Atlas Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight13.8 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width7.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN95-220789

Dewey Edition20

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal948/.022/0223

Grade ToUP

Table Of ContentThe Causes of the Viking Age Timeline Part I: The Origins of the Vikings The Scandinavian Environment Scandinavia before the Vikings Pagan Religion and Burial Part II: Scandinavia in the Viking Age From Chiefdoms to Kingdoms Rural Settlement Trade and Trade Routes Ships and Seafaring Viking Towns Women in the Viking Age Part III: The Viking Raids The Raids Begin The Raids Intensify The Vikings in the Mediterranean The Franks Fight Back The Great Army in England The Great Raids on Francia Wessex Defended The Conquest of the Danelaw The Kingdom of York Vikings in Ireland I Vikings in Ireland II The Vikings in Scotland Scandinavian Placenames in Britain The Duchy of Normandy The Vikings in Brittany The Viking Warrior Part IV: The North Atlantic Saga The Faeroes and Iceland The Settlement of Iceland Icelandic Literature The Vikings in Greenland Voyages to Vinland Part V: The Vikings in the East The Swedes in the East From Scandinavian to Slav Part VI: The Transformation of the Vikings Raids on Aethelraed's Kingdom The Danes Conquer England The Empire of Cnut The Thunderbolt of the North The Struggle for England The Kingdom of Man and the Isles The Twilight of Viking Scotland Scandinavia after the Vikings The Early Scandinavian Church Viking Kings and Rulers Further Reading Index Acknowledgements

SynopsisA history of the Vikings and their development as traders, explorers, and settlers Viking marauders in their longships burst through the defenses of ninth-century Europe, striking terror into the hearts of peasants and rulers alike for two centuries. But the Vikings were more than just marine warriors and this atlas traces their development as traders, pioneers, and mercenaries. Through more than sixty full-color maps, this atlas follows the tracks of the Viking merchants who traveled deep into Russia, mercenaries who served in the emperor's bodyguard at Constantinople, and mariners who sailed beyond the edge of the known world to North America. More than 80 illustrations and timelines make this is an indispensable handbook for students and history enthusiasts alike., Viking marauders in their longships burst through the defences of ninth-century Europe, striking terror into the hearts of peasants and rulers alike for two centuries. But the Vikings were more than just marine warriors and this atlas shows their development as traders and craftsmen, explorers, settlers and mercenaries. With over sixty full colour maps, it follows the tracks of the Viking merchants who travelled deep into Russia, of Viking mercenaries who served in the emperor's bodyguard at Constantinople, and Viking mariners who sailed beyond the edge of the known world to North America.

LC Classification NumberG1034.H3 1995