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The Vikings : [by] Michael Gibson by Gibson, Michael, 1936-, Eastland, Dick is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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4-61 pages : 27 cm, This book brings to life the rugged, seafaring people of Scandinavia at the height of their power, when Viking warriors were masters of the seas and all Europe feared their attacks. The Vikings are also shown as farmers and settlers, craftsmen and builders, people with an englightened form of parliament. This book describes the amazing travels of Viking sailors, who traded with the peoples of Greece and Persia, and were the first to make the perilous journey across the Atlantic to America, the great continent in the west, Includes index, Terror from the sea -- Homelands of the Vikings -- The rules of society -- Living on the farmstead -- Houses of turf and timber -- Family life -- Clothes and jewellery -- Children growing up -- Hedeby: the great market -- The Viking craftsman -- In search of treasure -- \"Steeds of the waves\" -- How the longship was built -- Hunting sea mammals -- New lands in the west -- Merciless raiders -- The warrior and his weapons -- The role of women -- Death of a hero -- Norse gods and legends -- The final battle -- The Viking sunset -- Legacy of the Vikings -- Famous Vikings -- The world the Vikings knew -- World history AD800 to 1100

Author

Gibson, Michael, 1936-, Eastland, Dick

Publisher

London : Macdonald Educational

Published

1976

Language

EN

ISBN

9780356065045

Subjects

History, Literary Fiction, Humanities