San Antonio College Library

This atlas for high school and above draws on archaeological evidence and Norse sagas and mythology to tell the story of Viking achievements. Coverage includes the first Viking settlements; Norse society; populations, war and pestilence; Norse mythology; Viking ships; exploration of the northern sea (Iceland, Erik the Red, and the evidence for Viking settlement in America); the Viking warrior (berserks, arms and armor, the battle of Contarf, and battles...

Survey of the Viking period, based upon historical and archaeological evidence.

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Vikings at War presents a sumptuous depiction of how the Vikings waged war; their weapons technology, offensive and defensive warfare, military traditions and tactics, their fortifications, ships and command structure. It also portrays the Viking raids and conquest campaigns that brought the Vikings to virtually every corner of Europe and even to America. Viking ships landed on almost every shore in the Western world during the 350 years that followed...

Chronicles the Viking expansion from the ninth to the twelfth century and discusses what archaeological discoveries have revealed about everyday life and traditions in Viking settlements.

Translation of Norwegian original "Vesterveg til Vinland", Oslo, 1965, containing account of author's expedition in 1960 and excavations in 1961-64 at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland

From Finland to Newfoundland and Jelling to Jerusalem, follow in the wake of the Vikings -- a transformative story of a people that begins with paganism and ends in Christendom. Focusing on key events, including the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 and the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, medieval history expert John Haywood recounts the saga of the Viking Age, from the creation of the world through to the dwindling years of halfhearted raids and elegiac...

The Vikings were farmers and food gatherers, fierce and violent in battle, with family and clan loyalties that lasted beyond life. This program covers the Viking sea prowess and explorations: Viking influences in England and Scotland, trade with the Far East 300 years before Marco Polo and the discovery of America 500 years before Columbus, the Viking presence as far as the Black Sea, and encounters between Slavs and Vikings. The program also covers...