Dawn Hadley, Julian Richards

The Viking Great Army and the Making of England

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The definitive account of the notorious Viking Great Army that swept through Britain between AD 865 and 880.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 321
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 157mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9780500022016
• ISBN-10: 0500022011
• Artikelnr.: 59763521

Autorenporträt

Dawn M. Hadley and Julian D. Richards are both professors of archaeology at the University of York. They are co-directors of the Tents to Towns project, exploring the transition from Viking raiding to trading. Julian is author of Viking Age England, now in its third edition, and The Vikings: A Very Short Introduction. Dawn is author of The Vikings in England: Settlement, Society and Culture.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Heroes and Villains
Part I: The Vikings and their World: 1. Warrior-Chiefs and Kings; 2. The
Raids Begin
Part II: The Viking Great Army: 3. A Pivotal Decade; 4. The Winter of AD
872-3 and the Camp at Torksey; 5. Beyond the Winter Camps; 6. The Army's
Dead; 7. Raiders to Settlers; 8. York and the Viking Camp at Aldwark
Part III: The Making of a Nation: 9. Wessex Fights Back and the Origins of
England; 10 The First Industrial Revolution ¿ Epilogue: Immigrants and
Artisans