[PDF] Step Inside The Viking World eBook

Author : Rob Lloyd Jones
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,16 MB
Release : 2022-02
Category : Civilization, Vikings
ISBN : 9781474968690

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Introducing young readers to a fascinating civilisation. Take a tour of a bustling Viking village in this friendly book. Find out how Vikings dressed and what Viking children did all day, and see explorers set sail on a dangerous voyage to new lands.

Author : Philip Steele
Publisher : Southwater Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,46 MB
Release : 2006-08
Category : Vikings
ISBN : 9781844763061

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Looks at life in Viking times. Topics discussed include exploration, law, religion, agriculture, warfare, clothing, family life and commerce. Includes instructions for related craft projects. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Author : Philip Steele
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 30,67 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9781859676851

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Appealing, authoritative history books that capture the atmosphere and reality of the world's great cultures and civilizations. Inspiring and relevant craft projects further involve the reader in an active learning experience. Valuable and lively reference for school and home.

Author : Stefan Brink
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 36,81 MB
Release : 2008-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 113431826X

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Filling a gap in the literature for an academically oriented volume on the Viking period, this unique book is a one-stop authoritative introduction to all the latest research in the field, and the most comprehensive book of its kind ever attempted.

Author : Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 11,10 MB
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1350137103

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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows and sword blades into the bodies of others. Viking myths about valkyries attempt to elevate the banality of war – to make the pain and suffering, the lost limbs and deformities, the piles of lifeless bodies of young men, glorious and worthwhile. Rather than their death being futile, it is their destiny and good fortune, determined by divine beings. The women in these stories take full part in the power struggles and upheavals in their communities, for better or worse. Drawing on the latest historical and archaeological evidence, Valkyrie introduces readers to the dramatic and fascinating texts recorded in medieval Iceland, a culture able to imagine women in all kinds of roles carrying power, not just in this world, but pulling the strings in the other-world, too. In the process, this fascinating book uncovers the reality behind the myths and legends to reveal the dynamic, diverse lives of Viking women.

Author : James Graham-Campbell
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 20,76 MB
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN :

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The Vikings dominated Western Europe from the 9th to the 11th centuries. In this account of the Viking world, every aspect of Viking life is examined. Important chapters on ships, runes and religion have been contributed by specialist authors, and the text is complemented by illustrations, including maps and reconstruction drawings. Photographs, many of them especially commissioned, portray the brilliant products of the Vikings' culture and the beauty and harshness of the natural world they faced.

Author : Christine Hatt
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 14,69 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9781403454614

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Looks at the history of the Vikings by examining the archaeological excavations of historical sites and the artifacts found at those sites.

Author : George Dohrmann
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 18,88 MB
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0553394215

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A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist pulls back the curtain on the extraordinary inner lives of America’s most obsessive sports fans. There are fans, and then there are fanatics. In this wondrously immersive look at American sports fandom, George Dohrmann travels the country to find out what distinguishes an ordinary, everyday enthusiast from that special breed of supporter known as the superfan. In Minnesota, Dohrmann meets newly minted generals of the Viking World Order, a Minnesota Vikings affinity group organized along military lines. In Oregon, he shares a few beers with a determined soccer fan who amassed—almost singlehandedly—a four-thousand-strong cheering section for the fledgling Portland Timbers. In Illinois, he talks with the parents of a five-year-old boy whose intense hatred of Tom Brady went viral on YouTube. Through these and other intimate profiles, Dohrmann shows us the human faces behind the colored face paint, the real people inside the elaborate costumes who prowl the stands and parking lots at stadiums from coast to coast. In addition to the fans themselves, Dohrmann also talks with the experts who study them. He uses the latest thinking in sports psychology—some of it learned during a spirited round of miniature golf with a group of professors at the annual Sports Psychology Forum—to unravel the answers to such burning questions as: How does fandom begin? What are its effects on everyday life? When does it go too far? For everyone who’s ever body-painted their torso with the team colors of their alma mater before heading off to a sports bar—or even just screamed at their television during the NBA Finals—Superfans offers an entertaining and insightful exploration of the many ways human beings find meaning in something bigger than themselves. Featuring photos of the Rally Banana, Timber Jim, the officers of the Viking World Order, a pair of Kentucky Wildcats tattoos, a Kevin Durant jersey torched by a jilted fan, and more. Plus analysis of the . . . Arizona State Sun Devils • Chicago Bears • Dallas Cowboys • Green Bay Packers • Indianapolis Colts • Milwaukee Brewers • Nebraska Cornhuskers • New England Patriots • Oklahoma City Thunder • Philadelphia Eagles • San Diego State Aztecs • Seattle Seahawks “Well reported and meticulously researched . . . Dohrmann is a respected, diligent sportswriter and has been so for years—you don’t get Pulitzers for message-board posts.”—The Wall Street Journal

Author : Stefan Brink
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1067 pages
File Size : 31,53 MB
Release : 2008-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1134318251

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Filling a gap in the literature for an academically oriented volume on the Viking period, this unique book is a one-stop authoritative introduction to all the latest research in the field. Bringing together today’s leading scholars, both established seniors and younger, cutting-edge academics, Stefan Brink and Neil Price have constructed the first single work to gather innovative research from a spectrum of disciplines (including archaeology, history, philology, comparative religion, numismatics and cultural geography) to create the most comprehensive Viking Age book of its kind ever attempted. Consisting of longer articles providing overviews of important themes, supported by shorter papers focusing on material of particular interest, this comprehensive volume covers such wide-ranging topics as social institutions, spatial issues, the Viking Age economy, warfare, beliefs, language, voyages, and links with medieval and Christian Europe. This original work, specifically oriented towards a university audience and the educated public, will have a self-evident place as an undergraduate course book and will be a standard work of reference for all those in the field.