The age of the Vikings, 2014

The age of the Vikings, 2014 автор Anders Winroth

Источник: Anders Winroth - The age of the Vikings. — Princeton University Press, 2014. — С. 1-324

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CONTENTS

1

Introduction: The Fury of the Northmen

1

2

Violence in a Violent Time

15

3

Röriks at Home and Away: Viking Age Emigration

45

4

Ships, Boats, and Ferries to the Afterworld

71

5

Coins, Silk, and Herring: Viking Age Trade in Northern Europe

99

6

From Chieftains to Kings

131

7

At Home on the Farm

157

8

The Religions of the North

181

9

Arts and Letters

213

10

Epilogue: The End of the Viking Age

241

Further Reading

249

Acknowledgments

253

Abbreviations

255

Notes

257

Bibliography

275

List of Illustrations

289

Index

293

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Plates

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[i]THE AGE OF THE VIKINGS

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[ii]PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD

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[iii]

map 1. Europe in the Viking Age. Cartography by Bill Nelson.

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[iv]THE AGE OF THE VIKINGS

ANDERS WINROTH

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[v]Copyright © 2014 by Princeton University Press

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Winroth, Anders.

The age of the Vikings / Anders Winroth.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-691-14985-1 (hardback : acid-free paper)

1. Vikings. 2. Civilization, Viking. I. Title.

DL65.W63 2014

948'.022—dc23

2014006488

British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available

This book has been composed in Verdigris MVB Pro

Printed on acid-free paper. ∞

Printed in the United States of America

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[vi]TILL MINA FÖRÄLDRAR

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map 2. Northern Europe in the Viking Age. Cartography by Bill Nelson.