Vikings: The North Atlantic SagaWilliam F. Fitzhugh, Elisabeth Ward Replete with color photographs, drawings, and maps of Viking sites, artifacts, and landscapes, this book celebrates and explores the Viking saga from the combined perspectives of history, archaeology, oral tradition, literature, and natural science. The book's contributors chart the spread of marauders and traders in Europe as well as the expansion of farmers and explorers throughout the North Atlantic and into the New World. They show that Norse contacts with Native American groups were more extensive than has previously been believed, but that the outnumbered Europeans never established more than temporary settlements in North America. |
Contents
Preface Hillary Rodham Clinton | 8 |
Scandinavia in the Viking Age Peter H Sawyer | 27 |
Farming and Daily Life Sigrid H H Kaland and Irmelin Martens | 42 |
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Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga William Edward Fitzgibbon,National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) No preview available - 2000 |
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