the age of the vikings by anders winroth

Thus he recorded the arrival of the small fleet of foreigners who carried out the first Viking raid, ushering in a 250-year-long storm of violence against vulnerable coastal communities and an influx of Scandinavian raiders, traders and migrants who fanned out across northwestern Europe, the North Atlantic and as far east as Russia.Īlthough the last year has not seen any reports of fire-breathing lizards in the northeast, a veritable flotilla of works about the Vikings has landed in bookshops, many of them associated with the recent ‘Vikings: Life and Legend’ exhibition at the British Museum. Intriguingly, a late Viking Age Norwegian coin has been found in an Indian settlement in the present-day US state of Maine.

Drawing on a wealth of written, visual, and archaeological evidence, Anders. The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth. Almost as an afterthought, the chronicler added: ‘on 8 June, the ravages of heathen men miserably destroyed God’s church on Lindisfarne with plunder and slaughter’. The Age of the Vikings tells the full story of this exciting period in history. A major reassessment of the vikings and their legacy. He not only explains the Viking attacks, but also looks at Viking endeavors. Drawing on a wealth of written, visual, and archaeological evidence, Anders Winroth captures the innovation and pure daring of the Vikings without glossing over their destructive heritage. The writer of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for AD 793 turned his attention to ominous portents recently spotted in the skies over Northumbria, describing ‘immense whirlwinds and flashes of lightning, and fiery dragons’. The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth. The Age of the Vikings tells the full story of this exciting period in history.

The age of the vikings by anders winroth