Vikings
VIKING THE LONG COLD FIRE.
Author: Brandon, Ivan & Nic Klein
Country: California
Language: English
Year Published: 2010
No. of pages: 144
Illustrations: 140 Color Illustrations. 4 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 13”x 10”
Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 9781607061700
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 7227
Price: $24.50
The most violent criminal underworld in history! Finn and Egil, brothers one bad, one worse are trying to stab and steal their way to a seat at the table. Two men at war with the world around them. But today's the day the world fights back! From the writer of The Cross Bronx comes a crime book for the 9th Century. The densely imagined and richly colored artwork is never less than impressive.
VIKING AROS.
Author: Damm, Annette, ed
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 2005
No. of pages: 123
Illustrations: 153 Color Illustrations. 15 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 11”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 8787334631
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 5836
Price: $65.00
This book gives a thorough history of Aros and the viking world. The Vikings were Scandinavians-Swedes, Norwegians, and Danes. They spoke different dialects of Old Norse and understood each other wihtout much difficulty. The word Viking is usually associated with piracy and looting, but the activities of the Vikings were far more comprehensive. Finds and research are presently throwing still more light on the shadowy era when the prehistory of Denmark becomes history proper. The Viking Town of Aros (Aarhus), is rooted in the late 8th century. During this very early Viking Age, a pattern begins to emerge: a trading place, eventually surrounded by a rampart and a moat. Aros is not just a place for taking shelter, the town on the river mouth by the large bay becomes a commercial centre and part of the national defense system.
VIKING ART ART SOUVENIR.
Author: Koefoed, Holger
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Year Published: 2006
No. of pages: 89
Illustrations: 63 Color Illustrations. 0 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Size: 5 1/2”sq
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9979787082
Biblio/Bio: Index.
Code: 6739
Price: $21.50
“A life of culture” is not the first word to mind when you mention the Viking Age. But art and culture flourished in many ways in those days. This book is about the different artistic styles and forms that have come down to us from the Viking period.
VIKING ATTACKS ON PARIS. The Bella parisiacae urbis of Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Author: Rosemann, Philipp W.
Country: Belgium
Language: English/ Latin
Year Published: 2007
No. of pages: 130
Illustrations: 0 Color Illustrations. 0 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9 1/2”x 6 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9789042919167
Biblio/Bio: Index.
Code: 6208
Price: $79.50
In 885 AD, the Vikings laid siege to Paris, to which a young monk named Abbo, of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, stood as witness. Later, he came to make a record of what he saw, heard and believed in a verse chronicle, the «Bella parisiacae urbis». His often stirring account speaks of the relentless and ingenious attacks of the Norsemen, the selfless heroism of the defending Frankish warriors, and the misery and terror of the besieged Parisians. But his canvas is far larger than this single occurrence, for he hints at greater things yet to come, such as the final disintegration of Carolingian rule, the eventual establishment of the Capetian line of monarchs, and the creation of a French Danelaw, namely, Normandy. Ultimately, however, Abbo is not concerned with an impartial narration of events, but rather with salvation through history - of the individual and of the nation of the Franks. The macaronic style of his chronicle very much appealed to the sensibilities of the time, thus ensuring that Abbo's work would endure.
VIKING DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, THE.
Author: Ingstad, Helge & Anne Stine
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2001
No. of pages: 194
Illustrations: 47 Color Illustrations. 61 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Size: 11”x 8 1/2”
Weight:
ISBN: 816047162
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 5358
Price: $45.00
From 1961-68, archaeologists and Viking scholars Helge Ingstad and Anne Stine Ingstad conducted seven expeditions at L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. The results of their excavations solved one of the world’s greatest mysteries: the location of Vinland and the First European settlement in North America. This volume, illustrated with maps, drawings, and color photos, combines a firsthand account of the Ingstads’ groundbreaking discovery with a history of Viking explorations. It describes how the authors worked from old Viking sagas, existing research, and their own hypothese to piece together the story of a group of Vikings who, faced with crowded conditions in their settlements in Greenland, decided to expand their horizons, eventually discovering a new territory.