Dominated By The Viking

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Publisher : Salacious Stories
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)

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Book Synopsis Dominated By The Viking by : Eloise Snow

Download or read book Dominated By The Viking written by Eloise Snow and published by Salacious Stories. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eva did not become a Queen by giving into men. John is no exception, so even as he strips bare and lays his muscular body on the snow covered wall - melting the snow as well as the heart of every woman in his village, and leaving both as wet - she resists. John is no pretty boy, but he's a valiant fighter who would die for his people. When Vikings storm his castle he's on the front lines to fight back, but Eva's forces are too strong and soon he finds himself captive, where he's given an ultimatum that will test his loyalty to his people. Eva will make sure John bends his knee for her, perhaps in more ways than one... Excerpt 1: Somehow, the darkness only seemed to deepen as he stepped beneath the canopy provided by the trees, and a silence so deep it felt almost unnatural overtook him. With the insulating trunks and bulky foliage around him, the rising and falling hum of voices soon disappeared behind him, fading into the distance, his solitude broken only by the stirring of a woodland creature, startled by his passage through. For hours he wandered, until the inky blackness gave way to grey, and as he came to a hill, he saw red on the horizon, the rising sun - Except no birds were yet awake, not a sound to be heard to announce the oncoming day. It was much too quiet, still, for the sun to be peeking above the distant horizon, and, he realized with a start, he was facing the wrong direction to see the sun at all. The red light that flickered on the horizon was spreading, and rising up from it, he saw a column of black twisting in the air like a giant snake. Smoke. John’s heart hammered against his chest, and for a moment, just a moment, he considered dashing back into the woods, hiding until whatever was happening had passed. He took a step, intending to do just that, and sucked in a sharp breath that made his ribs ache where Mack had hammered on them the day before for speaking with Ellen. Ellen. Fear, so distinct it was nearly palpable, coursed through him, and he was moving before he had made the conscious decision to do so. Leafage dampened the sound of his approach, but nothing could muffle the sounds coming from his village. Screams broke the stillness of morning, and as John broke from the tree line, he saw why; chaos had erupted, strangers in burnished armor and thick leathers swarming the streets that had been empty when he left. The men of the village had banded together, but even as John watched, their line was broken, makeshift weapons no match for the tools of war hefted by the figures that advanced on them; John recognized each man that fell before the intruders, and his heart clenched in his chest; he altered his course even as he heard a shout behind him, trying to disappear among the familiar streets and aiming to cut them off, hoping to get to the bakery before the advancing line. His hopes waned almost immediately; there was no rhyme or reason to this, no true organization; it seemed as if they had come from all sides. Buildings that had stood since John was a boy were in ruins, roofs aflame, simple, roughen blocks crumbling under the sweltering heat. Excerpt 2: Soon, their clothes seemed an almost oppressive barrier; cruel trappings designed with the pure purpose of keeping them apart. John's shirt was discarded, and laid on the ground with his trousers. Ellen's dress disappeared next, added to the clothes laid out, until it made a small pallet, softer, at least, than the bare rock that surrounded it. There, Ellen allowed herself to be lowered, her hair pulled free from the ribbons that had held it in place, allowing it to fall free in slight curls around her, fanned out beneath her shoulders. A delicate shiver passed through the girl beneath him as he lowered his mouth to the junction between her legs, taking his first taste of her; her fingers curled in the clothing beneath her, knees coming up around his ears, whether to bar him access, or encourage him, John could not say. His hands pressed lightly to her thighs, encouraging them apart again, and Ellen complied, a smooth motion, one leg daintily coming to curve over his shoulder, knee hooked over it.

Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings

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Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501760483
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings by : Jon Vidar Sigurdsson

Download or read book Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings written by Jon Vidar Sigurdsson and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson returns to the Viking homeland, Scandinavia, highlighting such key aspects of Viking life as power and politics, social and kinship networks, gifts and feasting, religious beliefs, women's roles, social classes, and the Viking economy, which included farming, iron mining and metalworking, and trade. Drawing of the latest archeological research and on literary sources, namely the sagas, Sigurðsson depicts a complex and surprisingly peaceful society that belies the popular image of Norsemen as bloodthirsty barbarians. Instead, Vikings often acted out power struggles symbolically, with local chieftains competing with each other through displays of wealth in the form of great feasts and gifts, rather than arms. At home, conspicuous consumption was a Viking leader's most important virtue; the brutality associated with them was largely wreaked abroad. Sigurðsson's engaging history of the Vikings at home begins by highlighting political developments in the region, detailing how Danish kings assumed ascendency over the region and the ways in which Viking friendship reinforced regional peace. Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings then discusses the importance of religion, first pagan and (beginning around 1000 A.D.) Christianity; the central role that women played in politics and war; and how the enormous wealth brought back to Scandinavia affected the social fabric—shedding new light on Viking society.

Viking Myths and Sagas

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Publisher : Chartwell Books
ISBN 13 : 0785835555
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (858 download)

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Book Synopsis Viking Myths and Sagas by : Rosalind Kerven

Download or read book Viking Myths and Sagas written by Rosalind Kerven and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in consultation with leading academics.

Ravaged & Dominated By The Vikings Bundle

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Publisher : Salacious Stories
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
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Book Synopsis Ravaged & Dominated By The Vikings Bundle by : Juliet Pellizon

Download or read book Ravaged & Dominated By The Vikings Bundle written by Juliet Pellizon and published by Salacious Stories. This book was released on 2019-08-18 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bundle contains the following adult stories that are perfect for all those who love dominant, muscular and BIG alpha males: Dominated By The Viking When a Viking horde takes control of her seaside village, Gwen fears they will bring suffering to all. That turns out not to be true, and it quickly becomes clear that the muscular men have other ideas. When three take up residence in her home, she becomes their cook... although it's more than good food they want from her. Ravaged By The Viking Gang With a Viking warlord laying siege to the seat of her power, a young Queen makes the decision that surrender is the best chance of saving her people. Submission means marriage, however, and she is claimed by the warlord to unite their kingdoms. Sexually Impaled By The Viking The evening before a raiding party leaves her village is more nerve-wracking than the raid itself for Wanda. That’s partly because of the intensity of the celebrations being held in honor of the warriors, but also because she knows that she is coming of age, and in Norse culture that means she is to be claimed...

Laughing Shall I Die

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Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780239505
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Book Synopsis Laughing Shall I Die by : Tom Shippey

Download or read book Laughing Shall I Die written by Tom Shippey and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laughing Shall I Die explores the Viking fascination with scenes of heroic death. The literature of the Vikings is dominated by famous last stands, famous last words, death songs, and defiant gestures, all presented with grim humor. Much of this mindset is markedly alien to modern sentiment, and academics have accordingly shunned it. And yet, it is this same worldview that has always powered the popular public image of the Vikings—with their berserkers, valkyries, and cults of Valhalla and Ragnarok—and has also been surprisingly corroborated by archaeological discoveries such as the Ridgeway massacre site in Dorset. Was it this mindset that powered the sudden eruption of the Vikings onto the European scene? Was it a belief in heroic death that made them so lastingly successful against so many bellicose opponents? Weighing the evidence of sagas and poems against the accounts of the Vikings’ victims, Tom Shippey considers these questions as he plumbs the complexities of Viking psychology. Along the way, he recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of the Skjoldungs, the clash between the two great longships Ironbeard and Long Serpent, and the death of Thormod the skald. One of the most exciting books on Vikings for a generation, Laughing Shall I Die presents Vikings for what they were: not peaceful explorers and traders, but warriors, marauders, and storytellers.

Viking's Claim

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Publisher : Supernova Indie Publishing Services LLC
ISBN 13 : 1623443342
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Book Synopsis Viking's Claim by : Brynn Paulin

Download or read book Viking's Claim written by Brynn Paulin and published by Supernova Indie Publishing Services LLC. This book was released on 2023-04-27 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Auden My people didn’t fade into humanity, melding into them as seasons changed. We disappeared. We found a way to go on, a way to thrive and let our power flow. We are one with today’s people yet apart from them, traveling between the modern world and New Midgard through our magical portals. Today’s Earth does not know of our magic, does not know of our ways. We are separate, and contact with old humanity is forbidden. Then I see her. She’s mine, and I’m taking her. Echo I’ve seen him over and over for the past six months, almost as long as I’ve existed in silence. He’s always in the same place. Always on the same day. Always watching me. If he speaks to me, I don’t know. All I hear is the echo of the screams, the never-fading memory of what happened to change my life. I’m lost in my own world, unable to reach for what I want and unable to communicate with this stranger, who watches me like one obsessed. I should be frightened, but I’m not. He’s the only constant in my ever-changing existence. Then my existence tilts again. I don’t know this place. I don’t know these ways. There’s only him—and all the people who despise my intrusion into their community. And even the man who’s brought me here may be unable to keep me. Not if his people have their way. But now that I’ve seen their world, I can’t go back to mine. Which leaves me one fate. And it’s not life.

Vikings at War

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Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1612004547
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Book Synopsis Vikings at War by : Kim Hjardar

Download or read book Vikings at War written by Kim Hjardar and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to Viking warfare from strategy and weapons to culture and tradition: “a very excellent introduction to the Viking age as a whole” (Justin Pollard, historical consultant for the Amazon television series Vikings). From the time when sailing was first introduced to Scandinavia, Vikings reached virtually every corner of Europe and even America with their raids and conquests. Wherever Viking ships roamed, enormous suffering followed in their wake, but the encounters between cultures also brought immense change to both European and Nordic societies. In Vikings at War, historian Kim Hjardar presents a comprehensive overview of Viking weapons technology, military traditions and tactics, offensive and defensive strategies, fortifications, ships, and command structure. The most crucial element of the Viking’s success was their strategy of arriving by sea, attacking with great force, and withdrawing quickly. In their militarized society, honor was everything, and ruining one’s posthumous reputation was considered worse than death itself. Vikings at War features more than 380 color illustrations, including beautiful reconstruction drawings, maps, cross-section drawings of ships, line-drawings of fortifications, battle plan reconstructions, and photos of surviving artifacts, including weapons and jewelry. Winner of Norway’s Saga Prize, Vikings at War is now available in English with this new translation. “A magnificent piece of work [that] I’d recommend to anyone with an interest in the Viking period.” —Justin Pollard, historical consultant for the Amazon television series Vikings

Women in the Viking Age

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0851153607
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (511 download)

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Book Synopsis Women in the Viking Age by : Judith Jesch

Download or read book Women in the Viking Age written by Judith Jesch and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1991 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, Jesch discovers the true story of viking women.

Architecture, Society, and Ritual in Viking Age Scandinavia

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108497225
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Architecture, Society, and Ritual in Viking Age Scandinavia by : Marianne Hem Eriksen

Download or read book Architecture, Society, and Ritual in Viking Age Scandinavia written by Marianne Hem Eriksen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores households, social organization, and rituals in Viking Age Scandinavia through a study of dwellings and their doorways.

Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780851158266
Total Pages : 354 pages
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Book Synopsis Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age by : Judith Jesch

Download or read book Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age written by Judith Jesch and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2001 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction: Rocks and Rhymes ' -- The Karlevi stone -- Runic inscriptions, skaldic verse and the late Viking Age -- Literacy and orality -- The runic corpus -- The skaldic corpus -- Verse in prose contexts -- Reconstructing viking verse -- The manuscript transmission -- Viking verse as a historical source -- Semantic study of skaldic verse and runic inscriptions -- Skaldic vocabulary in context -- Runes and semantics -- Comparative angles -- Sources and conventions -- Ships and men in the late Viking Age -- 2 Viking Activities -- Vikings -- vikingr -- viking -- Death and war -- 'He died' -- Battles and raids -- The fall of warriors -- Trade -- Pilgrimage -- 3 Viking Destinations -- 'East' and 'west' -- The western route -- 'West' -- England -- Britain and Ireland -- Further west -- The European continent and further south -- Saxony and Frisia -- Brittany and points south -- Normandy and southern Italy -- Africa -- The eastern route -- 'rast' -- The Baltic area -- Russia -- Byzantium and Jerusalem -- Ingvarr's expedition -- Serkland -- Scandinavia -- Hedeby -- Denmark to Sweden -- Two more towns -- 4 Ships and Sailing -- Words for 'ship' -- skip -- skeid -- snekkja -- dreki -- knQrr -- Oak and pine -- Miscellaneous words -- Summary -- Names of ships -- The ship and its parts -- The hull -- The stems -- Inside the hull -- Rudders, oars and shields -- Masts, sails and rigging -- In harbour and on land -- The vocabulary of sailing -- Description and metaphor -- Preparing and launching -- The ship in the sea -- Shipwreck and landing -- 5 The Crew, the Fleet and Battles at Sea -- Manning a ship -- The owner -- The captain -- The crew -- The fleet and the troop -- lid -- Compounds with -lid -- fioti -- leidangr -- The troop -- Units of the fleet -- Summary -- Battles at sea -- Maritime warfare -- Place and time -- Preliminaries to battle -- Bringing the ships together -- Attack and defence -- Victory and booty -- Not like leeks and ale -- 6 Group and Ethos in War and Trade -- The group and its vocabulary -- drengr -- fdlagi -- heimpegi -- huskarl -- gildi -- The ideology of battle -- 'He fled not' -- 'He fed eagles, ravens and wolves' -- The symbolism of battle: ravens and banners -- Murder and betrayal -- Kinds of killing -- Treachery -- Loyalty -- Treachery and politics -- 7 Epilogue: Kings and Ships -- From vikings to kings -- Royal and other ships in the eleventh century -- After the Viking Age -- Conclusion -- Works cited -- Appendix I: The runic corpus -- Appendix II: The skaldic corpus -- Index of words and names -- General index

Conquered by the Viking

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ISBN 13 : 9781985704794
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Conquered by the Viking written by Ashe Barker and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-10 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen-year-old orphan Merewyn has seen enough of Vikings to know she hates them, so she is furious when a band of shipwrecked Norsemen force their way into her home. Despite her best efforts to drive them away, their leader makes it clear they intend to stay for the winter. To her surprise, he also takes an interest in her well-being, and when Merewyn attempts to run off and fend for herself the battle-hardened warrior strips her bare for a painful, humiliating switching. Despite his willingness to chastise her so shamefully, Merewyn cannot deny that these men are not the savage barbarians she expected, and she does not object when the huge, handsome brute who so recently punished her takes her in his arms and claims her hard and thoroughly. As the weeks pass, Merewyn's uninvited guest masters both her body and her heart ever more completely, but does he plan to truly make her his or will she be left behind when he sails home? Publisher's Note: Conquered by the Viking includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

The Last of the Vikings

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Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1663217084
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (632 download)

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Book Synopsis The Last of the Vikings by : John Eklund

Download or read book The Last of the Vikings written by John Eklund and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2021-01-31 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Viking Age began like a violent thunderstorm in the year 793 when a band of Norse warriors raided Lindisfarne, a small island off the coast of ancient England. For the next three hundred years, these fearless men dominated life on the European continent. Contrary to popular belief, the Viking aura was not extinguished at the dawn of the second millennium. In truth, it lasted far longer. In a fascinating saga divided into three parts, John Eklund begins by recounting the exploits of some of the most famous Vikings from 793 to 1066, and then describes the adventures of the two latter day heroes from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Gustav Adolf and Karl XII, who through their incredible courage and fighting skills, proved they were worthy of the same level of praise and admiration as their seafaring warrior ancestors. The Last of the Vikings is a concise collection of sagas that shines a spotlight on the hero warriors of the Viking Age that include the greatest of the Norsemen and the king who lost an empire but saved a nation.

Women and Weapons in the Viking World

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Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789256666
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Book Synopsis Women and Weapons in the Viking World by : Leszek Gardela

Download or read book Women and Weapons in the Viking World written by Leszek Gardela and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Viking Age (c. 750–1050 AD) is conventionally seen as a tumultuous time when hordes of fierce warriors from Scandinavia wreaked havoc across the European continent and when Norse merchants travelled to distant corners of the world in pursuit of slaves, silver, and exotic commodities. Until relatively recently, archaeologists and textual scholars had the tendency to weave a largely male-dominated image of this pivotal period in world history, dismissing or substantially downplaying women's roles in Norse society. Today, however, there is ample evidence to suggest that many of the most spectacular achievements of Viking Age Scandinavians - for instance in craftsmanship, exploration, cross-cultural trade, warfare and other spheres of life - would not have been possible without the active involvement of women. Extant textual sources as well as the perpetually expanding corpus of archaeological evidence thus demonstrate unequivocally that both within the walls of the household and in the wider public arena women’s voices were heard, respected and followed. This pioneering and lavishly illustrated monograph provides an in-depth exploration of women's associations with the martial sphere of life in the Viking Age. The multifarious motivations and circumstances that led women to engage in armed conflict or other activities whereby weapons served as potent symbols of prestige and empowerment are illuminated and interpreted through an interdisciplinary approach to medieval literature and archaeological evidence from Scandinavia and the wider Viking world. Additional cross-cultural excursions into the lives and legends of female warriors in other past and present cultural milieus - from the Asiatic steppes to the savannas of Africa and European battlefields - lead to a nuanced understanding of the idea of the armed woman and its embodiments in Norse literature, myth and archaeological reality.

The Viking Blitzkrieg

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Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 075249726X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Book Synopsis The Viking Blitzkrieg by : Martyn Whittock

Download or read book The Viking Blitzkrieg written by Martyn Whittock and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-06-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the Viking Wars had not taken place, would there have been a united England in the tenth century? Martyn Whittock believes not, arguing that without them there would have been no rise of the Godwin family and their conflict with Edward the Confessor, no Norman connection, no Norman Conquest and no Domesday Book. All of these features of English history were the products, or by-products, of these conflicts and the threat of Scandinavian attack. The wars and responses to them accelerated economic growth; stimulated state formation and an assertive sense of an English national identity; created a hybrid Anglo-Scandinavian culture that spread beyond the so-called Danelaw; and caused an upheaval in the ruling elite. By looking at the entire period of the wars and by taking a holistic view of their political, economic, social and cultural effects, their many-layered impact can at last be properly assessed.

The British Isles

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107623898
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)

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Book Synopsis The British Isles by : Hugh Kearney

Download or read book The British Isles written by Hugh Kearney and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugh Kearney's classic account of the history of the British Isles from pre-Roman times to the present is distinguished by its treatment of English history as part of a wider 'history of four nations'. Not only focusing on England, it attempts to deal with the histories of Wales, Ireland and Scotland in their own terms, whilst recognising that they too have political, religious and cultural divides. This new edition endeavours to recognise and examine contemporary multi-ethnic Britain and its implications for 'four-nations' history, making it an invaluable case study for European nationhood of the past and present. Thoroughly updated throughout to take into account recent social, political and cultural changes within Britain and examine the rise of multi-ethnic Britain, this revised edition also contains a completely new set of illustrations, including sixteen maps.

The Viking World

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ISBN 13 : 9780415692625
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis The Viking World by : Stefan Brink

Download or read book The Viking World written by Stefan Brink and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filling a gap in the literature for an academically oriented volume on the Viking period, this unique book is a one-stop authoritative introduction to all the latest research in the field, and the most comprehensive book of its kind ever attempted.

Maritime Societies of the Viking and Medieval World

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317247973
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Book Synopsis Maritime Societies of the Viking and Medieval World by : James H. Barrett

Download or read book Maritime Societies of the Viking and Medieval World written by James H. Barrett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of communities that drew their identity and livelihood from their relationships with water during a pivotal time in the creation of the social, economic and political landscapes of northern Europe. It focuses on the Baltic, North and Irish Seas in the Viking Age (ad 1050–1200), with a few later examples (such as the Scottish Lordship of the Isles) included to help illuminate less well-documented earlier centuries. Individual chapters introduce maritime worlds ranging from the Isle of Man to Gotland — while also touching on the relationships between estate centres, towns, landing places and the sea in the more terrestrially oriented societies that surrounded northern Europe’s main spheres of maritime interaction. It is predominately an archaeological project, but draws no arbitrary lines between the fields of historical archaeology, history and literature. The volume explores the complex relationships between long-range interconnections and distinctive regional identities that are characteristic of maritime societies, seeking to understand communities that were brought into being by their relationships with the sea and who set waves in motion that altered distant shores.