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epub | 1.71 MB | English | Isbn:9781405149648 | Author: Eric Christiansen | Year: 2008
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Quote:This history of the Nordic peoples in the period 750-1050 focuses on their homelands and colonies, demonstrating the fluidity and incoherence of the world in which they lived.
[*]Considers the Nordic peoples in Viking times without undue recourse to developmental theories.
[*]Guides readers through some of the scholarly controversies surrounding these peoples.
[*]Illustrated by reference to runic, poetic and archaeological evidence.