Northmen: The Viking Saga 793-1241
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'Haywood's lucid explanations of the cultures of the Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians are vital to understanding the motivations for their movements' KIRKUS REVIEWS.
The violent and predatory society of Dark Age Scandinavia left a unique impact on the history of medieval Europe. From their chill northern fastness, Norse warriors, explorers and merchants raided, traded, and settled across wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.
Northmen narrates their story focusing on places where key events were played out, from the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 to the murder in Iceland in 1241 of the saga-writer Snorri Sturluson. Such episodes are fascinating in themselves, but also shed crucial light on the nature of Viking activity – its causes, effects, and the reasons for its decline.
In 800 the Scandinavians were barbarians in longships bent on plunder and rapine; by 1200, their homelands were an integral part of Latin Christendom. John Haywood tells, in authoritative but compellingly readable fashion, the extraordinary story of the Viking Age.
A magisterial history of the Vikings that fully reflects the extraordinary geographical range of their activities, from Newfoundland in the west to Baghdad in the east.
The definitive history of the Viking Age.
Author is a respected Viking scholar.
Blends compelling narrative with sharp analysis.
MARKET: Tom Holland; Mary Beard; Peter Heather.
Haywood has made this period of history accessible to all
Haywood's lucid explanations of the cultures of the Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians are vital to understanding the motivations for their movements
Fascinating and authoritative
Looks at the evolution of civilisations in Scandinavia, with a sprinkling of mythology thrown in for good measure... A full picture of the Viking Age'
- Title: Northmen: The Viking Saga 793-1241
- Author: John Haywood
- Publisher: Head of Zeus
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 400
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781781855225, 1781855226
- Resource ID: LLS:9781781855225
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T12:51:28Z
John Haywood was educated at the universities of Lancaster, Cambridge and Copenhagen. He is an expert on the history of Dark Age Europe. His authorial credits include The New Atlas of World History (T&H ) and The Penguin Atlas of the Vikings.
John Haywood was educated at the universities of Lancaster, Cambridge and Copenhagen. He is an expert on the history of Dark Age Europe. His authorial credits include The New Atlas of World History (T&H ) and The Penguin Atlas of the Vikings.