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History Scandinavia

The Vikings and Their Age

by (author) Angus A. Somerville & R. Andrew McDonald

Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division
Initial publish date
Aug 2013
Category
Scandinavia
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442607620
    Publish Date
    Aug 2013
    List Price
    $45.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442605220
    Publish Date
    Mar 2013
    List Price
    $28.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442605244
    Publish Date
    Mar 2013
    List Price
    $16.95

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Description

The Vikings and Their Age offers a quick overview of the chronology and major themes of the Viking period. Written in an accessible manner, it also provides a great introduction to some of the most interesting and significant figures in Viking lore, such as Harald Bluetooth, Eirik the Red, Leif Eiriksson, and Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir, a female Viking traveller. Insights and evidence from such diverse disciplines as archaeology, philology, linguistics, and genetics are provided.

The companion includes a case study in reading and interpreting Viking history, a timeline, maps, images, and text boxes that highlight additional, interesting information throughout (e.g. explanations of Viking names, the description of a chieftain's dwelling in Arctic Norway, and archaeological evidence of Viking raids).

About the authors

Angus A. Somerville is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Brock University. He is a contributor to The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary (2010) and co-author of The Vikings and Their Age (2013).

Angus A. Somerville's profile page

R. Andrew McDonald is Professor, Department of History, Brock University, and former Director of the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Brock University. His previous titles include Manx kingship in its Irish Sea setting, 1187-1229: King Rognvaldr and the Crovan dynasty (Four Courts Press, 2007) and Outlaws of Medieval Scotland: Challenges to the Canmore Kings 1058-1266 (Tuckwell Press, 2003).

R. Andrew McDonald's profile page