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The Vikings: Revised Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Else Roesdahl
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 28171
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2 Sub
Pages: 368
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0140252827
Dewey Decimal Number: 948.022
EAN: 9780140252828
ASIN: 0140252827
Publication Date: January 1, 1999
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Far from being just 'wild, barbaric, axe-wielding pirates', the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia and made a major impact on European history through trade, travel and far-flung consolidation. This encyclopedic study brings together the latest research on Viking art, burial customs, class divisions, jewellery, kingship, poetry and family life. The result is a rich and compelling picture of an extraordinary civilisation.
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Very nice book! November 20, 2008
Aida R. Ortiz Fonseca (Caguas, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico)
I chose to buy this book because I wanted to learn more about this fascinating people. This book is well written and easy to read. There is another book called "A history of the vikings" by Gywn Jones that I do recommend only if you can read, like, 1,535 facts in one page. It is a good book but overwhelming on some readers. I'll go with this book by Else Roesdahl. Fantastic book!
Well written, enjoyable to read August 17, 2008
Bard With Fosse
I really liked this book, As a Norwegian I have read and been learned in School of the Vikings, our heritage. I was still amazed over new information I did not know, and it inspired me to revisit many of the old sites with a new view of who they were.
Great book, a must read for people with interest in the Vikings
A reliable introduction June 17, 2008
S. Plowright (Sydney, NSW Australia)
It is not easy to describe a culture in an average size paperback. This book does a worthy job of it. By refraining from unnecessary verbiage, the author has given a fairly comprehensive and detailed, yet readable, introduction to life in the Viking culture.
Whether you are a school student with a history project, or a Viking enthusiast, This book will give you a nicely rounded view of Viking life. Home, commerce, warfare, literature, and technology, are all covered in satisfying detail without being too academic or dry in style.
Sweyn
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 Good over-view, trustworthy source May 22, 2008
Ingela (Sydney, NSW)
This book provides a solid overview of Viking history, dating from the late 8th century to the 11th century. The author covers Viking activity and culture in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Frisia (Netherlands & western coast of Germany), England, Ireland, Hebrides and surrounding islands, Iceland, Greenland as well as touching on Viking activities in some other areas (including "Vinland" and Constantinople). The book is never really exciting, but it does come across as well researched and reliable and, on the whole, is very readable. The only downsides to this edition is that it would have been much better with more pictures and the author writes with slightly more enthusiasm when discussing Danish vikings than Swedish or Norwegian vikings (possibly because I think she is Danish and because there is more verifiable information about Viking age Denmark than other parts of Scandinavia). I would have liked a more thorough discussion of the Swedes in eastern Europe/Russia and perhaps more on Viking religious beliefs. These nit-pickings aside, it really is a very good book overall and one gets a much clearer picture about what Vikings were actually like after reading it.
Let's go a Viking December 27, 2006
Der Hammer des Kuchens
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book covers just about everything about the vikings from their language, art, religion, government, ships, clothing, expiditions all over Europe, weapons and warfare, homes and other aspects of these northern people. The author opens up your eyes to the fact that the vikings were civilized just as much as other people in those times which helps give you a new respect for these people. It's just amazing how these people went all over Europe, the Middle East and all the way to North America centuries before Christopher Columbus and spread their culture and in turn took apsects from other cultures back to Scandinavia.
There are maps which shows where the vikings travelled and there are a bunch of pictures of weapons, ships, burial mounds, artwork and rune stones. There are also two rune alphabets that they used for writing.
Some things I didn't like was that some of the subjects were rushed through and not too informative as they could have been like very little is mentioned about the military aspects of the vikings like offensive and defensive tactics whether it be about a king's army or raiding pirates. They also don't mention that much about the vikings in North America or the Middle East which I found to be very disappointing to say the least. I guess that there was so much to cover that the author couldn't fit everything in.
Overall this is a good introductory book about the vikings at a very low price. So if you want to read about the true vikings and not stereotypes about vikings being mindless, dirty heathen killers wearing horned helmets then you should get this book.
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