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A survey of the Vikings and their world at home and abroad, west and east: the land and the people, language and livelihoods, towns and traders, weapons and warfare, art, poetry and religion. Originally published in Danish in 1987, this version has been well translated by Sue Margeson and Kirsten Williams. It is a book for reading.
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Far from being just 'wild, barbaric, axe-wielding pirates', the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia and made a major impact on European history through trade, travel and far-flung consolidation. This encyclopedic study brings together the latest research on Viking art, burial customs, class divisions, jewellery, kingship, poetry and family life. The result is a rich and compelling picture of an extraordinary civilisation.
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