Viking Kings Of Britain And Ireland
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Viking Kings Of Britain And Ireland
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Author : Clare Downham
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2007
Viking Kings Of Britain And Ireland written by Clare Downham and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Vikings plagued the coasts of Ireland and Britain in the 790s AD. Over time, their raids became more intense and by the mid 9th century, Vikings had established a number of settlements in Ireland and Britain and had become heavily involved with local politics. A particularly successful Viking leader named à varr campaigned on both sides of the Irish Sea in the 860s. His descendants dominated the major seaports of Ireland and challenged the power of kings in Britain during the late 9th and 10th centuries. In 1014, the battle of Clontarf marked a famous stage in the decline of Viking power in Ireland while the conquest of England in 1013 by the Danish king Sveinn Forkbeard marked a watershed in the history of Vikings in Britain. The descendants of à varr continued to play a significant role in the history of Dublin and the Hebrides until the 12th century, but they did not threaten to overwhelm the major kingships of Britain or Ireland in this later period as they had done before. This book provides a political analysis of the deeds of à varr's family, from their first appearance in Insular records down to the year 1014. Such an account is necessary in light of the flurry of new work that has been done in other areas of Viking Studies. Recent theoretical approaches to the subject have raised many interesting questions regarding identity, material culture, and structures of authority. Archaeological finds and excavations have also offered potentially radical insights into Viking settlement and society. In line with these developments, Clare Downham provides a reconsideration of events based on contemporary written accounts.
The Northern Conquest
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Author : Katherine Holman
language : en
Publisher: Signal Books
Release Date : 2007
The Northern Conquest written by Katherine Holman and has been published by Signal Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
"This book reveals another very different side of Viking society. It claims that the Viking legacy was not simply one of 'rape and pillage', but included law and order, agriculture and trade, as well as language and heroic literature. It also provides evidence that the influence of Scandinavians in the British Isles continued well after 1066"--Jacket.
The Vikings In Britain And Ireland
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Author : Jayne Carroll
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
The Vikings In Britain And Ireland written by Jayne Carroll and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Civilization, Viking categories.
For nearly 300 years, from the end of the 8th century AD until approximately 1100, the Vikings set out from Scandinavia across the northern world a dramatic time that would change Europe forever. This book explores the Viking conquest and settlement across Britain and Ireland, covering the core period of Viking activity from the first Viking raids to the raids of Magnus Barelegs, King of Norway.
Scandinavian Kings In The British Isles 850 880
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Author : Alfred P. Smyth
language : en
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1977
Scandinavian Kings In The British Isles 850 880 written by Alfred P. Smyth and has been published by Oxford : Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with History categories.
Omfattende afhandling om vikinger som konger på de britiske øer
Vikings Of The Irish Sea
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Author : David Griffiths
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2024-07-25
Vikings Of The Irish Sea written by David Griffiths and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-25 with History categories.
This book looks at the activities of the Vikings in the Irish Sea, a band of water that has been important since prehistoric times in the history of maritime cultural exchange between Britain and Ireland as well as the Scandinavian countries. The Vikings fully exploited their naval dominance to exert their influence across this area and David Griffiths presents a unique overview of the results of this dominance. The book will look in detail at the activities of the Vikings in Wales, NW England, the Isle of Man, Scotland and Ireland. The archaeological evidence such as silver hoards and burials, along with the evidence of place-names, settlement and sculpture provide a fascinating insight into the mechanisms of Viking power in these areas.
The Vikings In Britain
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Author : Henry Loyn
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 1995-02-17
The Vikings In Britain written by Henry Loyn and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-02-17 with History categories.
Drawing from recent archaeological and linguistic evidence, as well as more traditional literary and narrative sources, the author distinguishes between the initial phase of migrations in the ninth and tenth centuries, and the secondary period of settlement up to c. 1100 AD. He emphasizes, too, the differences in nature and intensity of the Viking impact on the societies that were slowly developing into the historic kingdoms of England and Scotland, and the more complex political structures of Wales and Ireland. Throughout the book, the effects of the Scandinavian invasions on Britain are set within the wider European context.
Viking Britain A History
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Author : Thomas Williams
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2017-09-07
Viking Britain A History written by Thomas Williams and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-07 with History categories.
A new narrative history of the Viking Age, interwoven with exploration of the physical remains and landscapes that the Vikings fashioned and walked: their rune-stones and ship burials, settlements and battlefields.
Medieval Ireland
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Author : Clare Downham
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-12-07
Medieval Ireland written by Clare Downham and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-07 with History categories.
A concise and accessible overview of Ireland AD 400-1500 which challenges the stereotype of medieval Ireland as a backwards-looking nation.
The Northmen S Fury
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Author : Philip Parker
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2014-03-06
The Northmen S Fury written by Philip Parker and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-06 with History categories.
The Northmen’s Fury tells the Viking story, from the first pinprick raids of the eighth century to the great armies that left their Scandinavian homelands to conquer larger parts of France, Britain and Ireland. It recounts the epic voyages that took them across the Atlantic to the icy fjords of Greenland and to North America over four centuries before Columbus and east to the great rivers of Russia and the riches of the Byzantine empire. One summer’s day in 793, death arrived from the sea. The raiders who sacked the island monastery of Lindisfarne were the first Vikings, sea-borne attackers who brought two centuries of terror to northern Europe. Before long the sight of their dragon-prowed longships and the very name of Viking gave rise to fear and dread, so much so that monks were reputed to pray each night for delivery from ‘the Northmen’s Fury’. Yet for all their reputation as bloodthirsty warriors, the Vikings possessed a sophisticated culture that produced art of great beauty, literature of abiding power and kingdoms of surprising endurance. The Northmen’s Fury describes how and why a region at the edge of Europe came to dominate and to terrorise much of the rest of the continent for nearly three centuries and how, in the end, the coming of Christianity and the growing power of kings tempered the Viking ferocity and stemmed the tide of raids. It relates the astonishing achievement of the Vikings in forging far-flung empires whose sinews were the sea and whose arteries were not roads but maritime trading routes. The blood of the Vikings runs in millions of veins in Europe and the Americas and the tale of their conquests, explorations and achievements continues to inspire people around the world.
Scandinavian York And Dublin
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Author : Alfred P. Smyth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Scandinavian York And Dublin written by Alfred P. Smyth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Archaeology, Medieval categories.