About this title: 'An utterly splendid book, quite the most brilliantly written, balanced, and explanative general work on the Vikings ever to appear in English or in any language.' Scandinavian Studies The subject of this book is the Viking realms, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, their civilization and culture, and their many sided achievements at home and abroad. A highly readable narrative follows the development of these Northern peoples - the Nordmenn - from their origins and the legendary pre-history to the military triumphs of Canute and the defeat of Harald Hardradi at Stamford Bridge in 1066, which ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Dust Cover Missing. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges and creases. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good in GOOD. jacket. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780192850638ISBN:0192850636
Description: Good. 0192850636. Softcover, in Good condition, previous owners name inside, covers have some scuffing and edge wear, paper is tanning with age, good solid binding, clean unmarked text, a nice reading copy, read more
Description: Good. 1984-Paperback---Used-Good. Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 11-29-84
ISBN-13:9780192851390ISBN:019285139X
Description: GOOD. Clean, unread paperback with light to moderate shelfwear/edgewear to the covers, may include curve/crease to book-Nice! ! 1.09 lbs. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780192851390ISBN:019285139X
Description: New. 019285139X As New. Cover has NO wear. NO spine creases. NO remainder mark. Tanning on edges. Pages are clean with NO markings, NO creases and NO dog-ears. Trade Paperback. read more
Description: Good. 1968, Hardcover. Used-Good Dust jacket shows moderate wear. Hall Street Books Proudly ships all books from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours M-F. 100% Money-Back Guarantee and No-Worry return policy. read more
Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York Oxford
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780192158826ISBN:0192158821
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. 0192158821 xviii + 504 pp, list of illustrations, note prefatory to the revised edition 1984, acknowledgments, introduction, 4 sections / 14 chapters with footnotes, appendices 1-3, supplementary booklist 1984, select bibliography, index. 5.1" x 8.9" black boards in red DJ (25 oz) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780192850638ISBN:0192850636
Description: Good. I. Very nice vintage paperback. Cut on spine. No spine crease. Light wear. Text is clean, unmarked, tight. All items are carefully and securely packed to insure they arrive in the advertised condition. read more
"This book serves as a very good general introduction to the history of the Norse from legendary times to 1066.
Interestingly, despite having visited some of the sites mentioned and except for children's books on the subject and the occasional article, I think this was the first real book I ever read about my putative ancestors. They are a bit embarrassing."
"gd! this was a difficult read. it should have been titled, 'everything known about the vikings pounded into a single dense text' with a subheading 'you will never keep track of all the nigh-identical norse names for people and places'.
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