Norsemen in the Viking Age

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.

Auteur
Eric Christiansen was born in 1937 and educated in England. He is a Fellow Emeritus of New College, Oxford. His publications include The Origins of Military Power in Spain (1967), The Northern Crusades (Second Edition, 1996) and translations of Saxo Grammaticus books X-XVI (1980-81), Sven Aggesen (1992) and Dudo of St Quentin (1998).

Texte du rabat
This book is a lively introduction to Norsemen in the period 750-1050. Without dismissing stereotypes of aggressive, warmongering Vikings, Eric Christiansen shows how Nordic peoples responded to hostile environments at home and overseas. He concentrates on life within their homelands and colonies, families and communities.

The Norsemen in the Viking Age covers many aspects of Nordic life, including ecology, politics, war, work, and migration. Christiansen examines both social conventions and self-awareness of individuals and groups, and reconstructs Viking-age ideas about the past, present, and future to explain contemporary behaviour.

Runic, poetic, and archaeological evidence is used to illustrate the author's arguments, while an appendix sketches the outline of modern research and the directions it is taking.

Résumé
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.

Contenu
List of Maps. Introduction:.

Vikings.

Their Age.

The Aim.

1. Individuals.

2. Families.

3. Communities.

4. Districts and Territories.

5. Peoples.

6. Politics.

7. War.

8. Work.

9. Migration.

10 Past.

11. Present.

12. Future.

Appendices:.

A: Modern Research.

B: Dynastic Identities.

C: Dates.

References.