Beyond the Northlands - Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas (Barraclough Eleanor Rosamund (Assistant Professor in Medieval History and Literature Durham University))(Paperback / softback)

In the dying days of the eighth century, the Vikings erupted onto the international stage with brutal raids and slaughter. The medieval Norsemen may be best remembered as monk murderers and village pillagers, but this is far from the whole story. Throughout the Middle Ages, long-ships
transported hairy northern voyagers far and wide, where they not only raided but also traded, explored and settled new lands, encountered unfamiliar races, and embarked on pilgrimages and crusades. The Norsemen travelled to all corners of the medieval world and beyond; north to the wastelands of arctic Scandinavia, south to the politically turbulent heartlands of medieval Christendom, west across the wild seas to Greenland and the fringes of the North American continent, and east down the
Russian waterways trading silver, skins, and slaves. Beyond the Northlands explores this world
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