Stone, George W.
Contents: Greatness for eternity : a time of Gods and heroes -- The Celts : mystical conquerors of ancient Europe -- The Vikings : raiders and traders of the North Seas -- Clontarf : the great battle for Ireland's unity -- Immortality achieved : the legacy of the Celts and Vikings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 936 STOThompson, Ben
Summary: From battle-axe-wielding tribes plundering the greatest cities of Europe to powerful kings and queens ruling their dominions with iron fists, the Vikings were some of the most feared and fearless figures in European history. Find the bravest heroes, the most menacing villains, and unbelievably awesome facts and myths inside this action-packed overview.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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Summary: In 800, the Scandinavians were barbarians in longships bent only on plunder and rapine. But as these Norse warriors left their northern strongholds to trade, raid, and settle across wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic, their violent and predatory culture left a unique imprint on medieval history. So much so that, by 1200, the Viking homelands had become an integral part of Latin...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948 HAYJarman, Cat
Summary: An acclaimed bioarchaeologist traces the path of an ancient piece of jewelry found in a Viking grave in England back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, explaining that the Vikings' route may have been far more varied than previously known.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948.022 JARPrice, Neil S.
Summary: "The Viking Age--between 750 and 1050--saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North America and the Asian steppe. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology, their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948 PRIHerman, Arthur
Summary: "From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948 HERFerguson, Robert
Summary: Presents a history of the Nordic warriors and explorers who plundered and traded their way across Europe, and discusses how their conquests helped spread and enhance accomplishments in the arts, culture, and government.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948.022 FERWilliams, Gareth (EDT)/ Pentz, Peter (EDT)/ Wemhoff, Matthias (EDT)/ Margrethe, Queen of Denmark (FRW)
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 --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cornell Univ Pr 2014