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ISBN: 1612004547 9781612004549 9781612004037 1612004032 Year: 2016 Publisher: Havertown, PA
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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 the introduction of the sail into the region, from the 9th to the 11th century. Viking ravages united the Spanish kingdoms and stopped Charlemagne and the Franks' advance in Europe. Wherever Viking ships roamed, enormous suffering followed in their wake, but the encounter between cultures changed both European and Nordic societies. Employing unorthodox and unpredictable strategies, which were hard for more organized forces to respond to, the most crucial element of the Viking's success was their basic strategy of evading the enemy by arriving by sea, then attacking quickly and with great force before withdrawing quickly. The warrior class dominated in a militarized society. Honor was everything, and breaking promises and ruining one's posthumous reputation was considered worse than death itself. If a man offended another man's honor, the only way out was blood revenge. Never before have the Viking art of war, weapons and the history of their conquests been presented together in such detail. With over 380 color illustrations including beautiful reconstruction drawings, maps, cross-section drawings of ships, line-drawings of fortifications, battle plan reconstructions and photos of surviving artifacts including weapons and jewelry.
Vikings. --- Vikings --- Northmen --- Social life and customs. --- Scandinavia --- History --- Civilization, Viking --- Viking antiquities --- Antiquities --- Viking civilization --- Norsemen --- Ethnology --- Social life and customs --- Material culture --- Civilization --- To 1397
ISBN: 9780521876162 0521876168 9780511496400 9780521169301 0511496400 0521169305 1107182433 1281243531 9786611243531 0511378106 0511377223 0511376286 0511374755 0511378998 9780511378997 9780511378102 Year: 2007 Publisher: Cambridge, UK New York Cambridge University Press
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This 2007 text is a comparative, analysis of one of the most fundamental stages in the formation of Europe. Leading scholars explore the role of the spread of Christianity and the formation of new principalities in the birth of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Bohemia, Hungary, Poland and Rus' around the year 1000. Drawing on history, archaeology and art history, and emphasizing problems related to the sources and historiographical debates, they demonstrate the complex interdependence between the processes of religious and political change, covering conditions prior to the introduction of Christianity, the adoption of Christianity, and the development of the rulers' power. Regional patterns emerge, highlighting both the similarities in ruler-sponsored cases of Christianization, and differences in the consolidation of power and in institutions introduced by Christianity. The essays reveal how local societies adopted Christianity; medieval ideas of what constituted the dividing line between Christians and non-Christians; and the connections between Christianity and power.
Scandinavia --- Europe, Central --- Russia --- Church history --- History --- Politics and government --- 27 <48> --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Skandinavië --- -Scandinavia --- Fennoscandia --- Norden --- Nordic countries --- -Church history. --- Geschichte. --- Kirchengeschichte. --- Politics and government. --- Politik. --- To 1533. --- Europe, Central. --- Russia. --- Russland. --- Scandinavia. --- Skandinavien. --- Church history. --- History. --- Scandinavie --- Europe centrale --- Russie --- Histoire religieuse --- Histoire --- Politique et gouvernement --- Soviet Union --- Central Europe --- 27 <438> --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Polen --- Arts and Humanities --- Pologne --- Hongrie --- Bohême --- Moravie --- Christianisme --- Scandinavia - Church history --- Europe, Central - Church history --- Russia - Church history --- Scandinavia - History - To 1397 --- Europe, Central - History --- Russia - History - To 1533 --- Scandinavia - Politics and government --- Europe, Central - Politics and government --- Russia - Politics and government - To 1533
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