The Viking Warrior: The Norse Raiders Who Terrorized Medieval Europe (Landscape History) - Hardcover

Hubbard, Ben

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1782742913 ISBN 13: 9781782742913

Publisher: Amber Books, 2017

Synopsis

Beginning in 789 CE, the Vikings raided monasteries, sacked settlements and invaded the Atlantic coast of Europe and the British Isles. They looted and enslaved their enemies, terrorizing all whom they encountered. But that is only part of their story. Sailing their famous longboats, they discovered Iceland and North America, colonized Greenland, founded Dublin, and also sailed up the River Seine and besieged Paris. They settled from Newfoundland to Russia, conquered eastern England, and fought battles from Ireland to the Caspian Sea. They traded walruses with Inuits, brought Russian furs to Western Europe and took European slaves to Constantinople. Their graves contain Arab silver, Byzantine silks and Frankish weapons and artefacts. Illustrated with more than 200 maps, photographs and artworks, The Viking Warrior examines these fearsome warriors through their origins, social structure, raiding culture, weapons, trading networks and settlements.

About this title

About the Author:

Ben Hubbard is a nonfiction author whose titles include Samurai Warrior: The Golden Age of Japan’s Elite Warriors 1560–1615, Gladiators: From Spartacus to Spitfires, One-On-One Combat Through the Ages, and The Samurai: Swords, Shoguns and Seppuku.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amber Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1782742913
• ISBN 13: 9781782742913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224