- Заглавие:
Vikings : the North Atlantic saga
- Место издания:
Washington
- Издатель:
Smithsonian Books
- Дата издания:
2000
- Объём:
432 p.
- Сведения о библиографии:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-413) and index.
- ISBN:
9781560989707
- Сведения о содержании:
Contents: Puffins, ringed pins, and runestones : the Viking passage to America / William W. Fitzhugh -- Scandinavia in the Viking Age / Peter H. Sawyer -- The Viking Age in Europe / Christopher D. Morris -- Sagas of western expansion / Haraldur Ólafsson -- 1000 A.D. : East meets West / Peter Schledermann -- From Vikings to Norseman / Jette Arneborg and Kirsten A. Seaver -- Celebrating the Viking millennium in America / William W. Fitzhugh and Elisabeth I. Ward.
- Аннотация:
Celebrates and explores the Viking saga from the combined perspectives of history, archaeology, oral tradition, literature, and natural science. The book's contributors chart the spread of marauders and traders in Europe as well as the movement of farmers and explorers throughout the North Atlantic and into the New World.
- Язык текста:
Английский
Библиографический источник
Vikings : the North Atlantic saga
ed. by William W. Fitzhugh, Elisabeth I. Ward