From the contents: The setting: Lindisfarne Monastery where it all began?!; Stamford Bridge 1066 the end?!; Society: Viking women; Viking kings; slaves and serfs; Varangians, Jomsvikings, Birkebeiners; distant contacts: Vikings in the Rhineland; The Vikings in the British Isles; Silk Road and Samarkand; The Northmen and Byzantium; Among the Moors; The Walrus Ivory Road; From everyday life: Culinary delights; The Old Norse calendar; The Blót; Myths debunked: The myth of the horned helmet; The myth of the blood eagle; Legendary names: Harald Bluetooth; Ivar the Boneless; Rollo: From Viking to Norman; Ragnar Lodbrok: The hero who never was?; Harald Fairhair; Sveyn Asleifsson: The Ultimate Viking; Shield maidens and queens; Modern reception: Northmen in the spotlight: books, series and films with rough-and-ready heroes.
Title
Karfunkel Codex. Nr. 23: Wikinger
Details
Paperback, numerous illustrations, large format. 116 pages.
State
new
Karfunkel-Verlag Marienhöhe 1 74706 Osterburken Deutschland
