Viking Age England (Repost)
Julian D. Richards, "Viking Age England"
English | ISBN: 0752428888 | 2013 | 249 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 0752428888 | 2013 | 249 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
This book is about the development of Anglo-Saxon England from AD 800 until the Norman Conquest. It is an introduction to the subject of the Vikings in England.
From shortly before AD 800 until the Norman Conquest, England was subject to raids from seafaring peoples from Scandinavia—the Vikings. However, they were not only raiders but also traders and settlers. Using the latest archaeological evidence, the author reassesses the Viking contribution to Late Anglo-Saxon England and examines the creation of the new mixed Anglo-Scandinavian identity.
CONTENTS
Preface and acknowledgements
1 The Viking Age
2 Viking raids
3 Viking colonisation
4 The growth of towns
5 The built environment
6 Feeding the people
7 Craft and industry
8 Trade and exchange
9 Churches and monasteries
10 Death and burial
11 Monuments in stone
Further reading