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1) Viking Art
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Thames & Hudson
Publication Date
2021
Language
English
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Updated to reflect recent archaeological discoveries and overflowing with color illustrations, this book is the definitive introduction to the art of the Viking Age.
The Viking Age in Europe lasted from the time of the first major Viking expeditions in 800 CE to the widespread adoption of Christianity in Scandinavia some 300 years later. During that time, Viking art and culture spread across continental Europe and into the
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English
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"For 300 years, from the ninth to the eleventh centuries, the power of the Vikings dominated Western Europe. Their voyaging extended westwards to America and as far south as the Mediterranean and North Africa. As well as being warriors and accomplished seamen, they were jewellers, sculptors and poets of great skill and originality: the forts, town sites, ships, burial mounds, carved stones, place names, sagas, art and artefacts they left behind substantiate...
3) The Vikings
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Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications
Publication Date
1980
Physical Desc
200 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
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English
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EDC Pub
Publication Date
1999, ©1998
Physical Desc
130 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Journey through time to 1238 Europe with the knights and castles, Norway 890 with the viking raiders, Italy 100 with the romans, and Egypt 1400 BC with the pharaohs and pyramids.