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The Vikings by Else Roesdahl5/25/2023 ![]() She was special Professor in Viking Studues at the University of Nottingham from 1989 to 1997 and again from 2000 to 2003. About the Author: Else Roesdahl is Professor Emerita in Medieval Archaeology at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and an honorary doctor of Trinity College, Dublin, and the University of York. The result is a rich and compelling picture of an extraordinary civilization. This encyclopedic study brings together the latest research on Viking art, burial customs, class divisions, jewelry, kingship, poetry, and family life. Far from being just wild, barbaric, axe-wielding pirates, the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia, and made a major impact on European history through trade, travel, and far-flung consolidation. ![]() For 300 years, from just before AD800 until well into the eleventh century, the Vikings affected almost every region accessible to their ships, and left traces that are still part of life today. ![]() Thoroughly updated and with a new foreword The Viking Age is shot through with the spirit of adventure. ![]()
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