The Vikings / by Allen Mawer ; recording by Kevin Johnson.

• The Vikings is a concise history of the Vikings by Allen Mawer.  The volume presents a historical account of Scandinavian civilisation during the Viking period, taking the term 'Viking' to refer to the wider culture from which the raiding parties emerged. The Viking sincludes the following chapters:  Causes of the Viking movementThe Viking movement down to the middle of the 9th centuryThe Vikings in England to the death of HarthacnutThe Vikings in the Frankish Empire to the founding of Normandy (911)The Vikings in Ireland to the battle of Clontarf (1014)The Vikings in the Orkneys, Scotland, the Western Islands and ManThe Vikings in Baltic lands and RussiaViking civilisationScandinavian influence in the Orkneys, Shetlands, the Western Islands and ManScandinavian influence in IrelandScandinavian influence in EnglandScandinavian influence in the Empire and Iceland.  Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, as part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature. The book in the series were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility.  The Vikings by Allen Mawer was first published in 1913. Read by Kevin Johnson, total running time (TRT) 3 hours, 59 min. Also available as e-book (ePUB). Allen Mawer(1879 - 1942). Sir Allen Mawer was a British Professor of English Language and Literature. [Elib] 

Ämnesord

Vikingar  (sao)

Vikings  (LCSH)

Genre

Ej skönlitteratur  (marc)

Ljudböcker 

Historia 

Kulturhistoria 

Resor & geografi 

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Kb Historia: Norden

Kb Historia: Norden

Klassifikation

948/.02 (DDC)

Kb.02/DR (kssb/8)

Kb.02 (kssb/8)