| Physical description |
288 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 29 cm |
| Notes |
Accompanies the exhibition Vikings: life and legend at the British Museum from 6 March to 22 June 2014. The exhibition is organized by the National Museum of Denmark, the British Museum and the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-259) and index. |
| Contents |
Contacts & exchange / Sunhild Kleingärtner and Gareth Williams -- Vikings in Arabic sources / Gareth Williams -- Wiskiauten / Timo Ibsen -- Reuse of foreign objects / Sunhild Kleingärtner --Warfare & military expansion / Gareth Williams -- The way of the warrior / Neil Price -- Continental defences against the Vikings / Simon Coupland -- Viking camps in England and Ireland / Gareth Williams -- Power & aristocracy / Anne Pedersen -- Great halls and palaces / Matthias Wemhoff -- The royal monuments of Jelling / Anne Pedersen -- Neighbours along the southern Baltic coast / Sunhild Kleingärtner -- Belief & ritual / Neil Price -- The Fyrkat woman / Peter Pentz and Neil Price -- Ritual sites at Lake Tissø / Lars Jørgensen -- The Oseberg ship and ritual burial / Jan Bill -- Ships & the Vikings / Peter Pentz -- Roskilde 6 / Jan Bill -- Conservation of Roskilde 6 / Kristiane Strætkvern. |
| Summary |
In the ninth and tenth centuries, the Vikings created an unrivalled cultural network that spanned four continents. This book explores the core period of the Viking Age from a global perspective, examining how the Vikings drew influences from Christian Europe and the Islamic World and how they created a lasting historical impact on our world. |
| Other author |
Williams, Gareth, 1969- editor.
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Pentz, Peter, editor.
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Wemhoff, Matthias, editor.
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British Museum, issuing body.
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| Subject |
Vikings -- Exhibitions.
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Viking antiquities -- Exhibitions.
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Civilization, Viking -- Exhibitions.
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Vikings.
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Civilization, Viking.
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Viking antiquities.
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| ISBN |
9780714123363 (hardback) |
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0714123366 (hardback) |
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0714123374 (paperback) |
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9780714123370 (paperback) |
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