The Resource Vikings : life and legend, edited by Gareth Williams, Peter Pentz, Matthias Wemhoff
Vikings : life and legend, edited by Gareth Williams, Peter Pentz, Matthias Wemhoff
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The item Vikings : life and legend, edited by Gareth Williams, Peter Pentz, Matthias Wemhoff represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- In the ninth and tenth centuries, the Vikings created an unrivalled cultural network that spanned four continents. This book explores the core period of the Viking Age from a global perspective, examining how the Vikings drew influences from Christian Europe and the Islamic World and how they created a lasting historical impact on our world
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Note
- Accompanies the exhibition Vikings: life and legend at the British Museum from 6 March to 22 June 2014. The exhibition is organized by the National Museum of Denmark, the British Museum and the Museum fur Vor- und Fruhgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Contents
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- Contacts & exchange / Sunhild Kleingartner and Gareth Williams
- Vikings in Arabic sources / Gareth Williams
- Wiskiauten / Timo Ibsen
- Reuse of foreign objects / Sunhild Kleingartner --Warfare & military expansion / Gareth Williams
- The way of the warrior / Neil Price
- Continental defences against the Vikings / Simon Coupland
- Viking camps in England and Ireland / Gareth Williams
- Power & aristocracy / Anne Pedersen
- Great halls and palaces / Matthias Wemhoff
- The royal monuments of Jelling / Anne Pedersen
- Neighbours along the southern Baltic coast / Sunhild Kleingartner
- Belief & ritual / Neil Price
- The Fyrkat woman / Peter Pentz and Neil Price
- Ritual sites at Lake Tisso / Lars Jorgensen
- The Oseberg ship and ritual burial / Jan Bill
- Ships & the Vikings / Peter Pentz
- Roskilde 6 / Jan Bill
- Conservation of Roskilde 6 / Kristiane Stroetkvern
- Isbn
- 9780714123370
- Label
- Vikings : life and legend
- Title
- Vikings
- Title remainder
- life and legend
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Gareth Williams, Peter Pentz, Matthias Wemhoff
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the ninth and tenth centuries, the Vikings created an unrivalled cultural network that spanned four continents. This book explores the core period of the Viking Age from a global perspective, examining how the Vikings drew influences from Christian Europe and the Islamic World and how they created a lasting historical impact on our world
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Williams, Gareth
- Dewey number
- 948.022
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Williams, Gareth
- Pentz, Peter
- Wemhoff, Matthias
- British Museum
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Vikings
- Civilisation, Viking
- Vikings
- Civilisation, Viking
- Vikings
- Label
- Vikings : life and legend, edited by Gareth Williams, Peter Pentz, Matthias Wemhoff
- Note
- Accompanies the exhibition Vikings: life and legend at the British Museum from 6 March to 22 June 2014. The exhibition is organized by the National Museum of Denmark, the British Museum and the Museum fur Vor- und Fruhgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-259) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- cartographic image
- Contents
- Contacts & exchange / Sunhild Kleingartner and Gareth Williams -- Vikings in Arabic sources / Gareth Williams -- Wiskiauten / Timo Ibsen -- Reuse of foreign objects / Sunhild Kleingartner --Warfare & military expansion / Gareth Williams -- The way of the warrior / Neil Price -- Continental defences against the Vikings / Simon Coupland -- Viking camps in England and Ireland / Gareth Williams -- Power & aristocracy / Anne Pedersen -- Great halls and palaces / Matthias Wemhoff -- The royal monuments of Jelling / Anne Pedersen -- Neighbours along the southern Baltic coast / Sunhild Kleingartner -- Belief & ritual / Neil Price -- The Fyrkat woman / Peter Pentz and Neil Price -- Ritual sites at Lake Tisso / Lars Jorgensen -- The Oseberg ship and ritual burial / Jan Bill -- Ships & the Vikings / Peter Pentz -- Roskilde 6 / Jan Bill -- Conservation of Roskilde 6 / Kristiane Stroetkvern
- Control code
- 000052768546
- Dimensions
- 29 cm.
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9780714123370
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Other physical details
- colour illustrations, colour maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)864085963
- Label
- Vikings : life and legend, edited by Gareth Williams, Peter Pentz, Matthias Wemhoff
- Note
- Accompanies the exhibition Vikings: life and legend at the British Museum from 6 March to 22 June 2014. The exhibition is organized by the National Museum of Denmark, the British Museum and the Museum fur Vor- und Fruhgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-259) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- cartographic image
- Contents
- Contacts & exchange / Sunhild Kleingartner and Gareth Williams -- Vikings in Arabic sources / Gareth Williams -- Wiskiauten / Timo Ibsen -- Reuse of foreign objects / Sunhild Kleingartner --Warfare & military expansion / Gareth Williams -- The way of the warrior / Neil Price -- Continental defences against the Vikings / Simon Coupland -- Viking camps in England and Ireland / Gareth Williams -- Power & aristocracy / Anne Pedersen -- Great halls and palaces / Matthias Wemhoff -- The royal monuments of Jelling / Anne Pedersen -- Neighbours along the southern Baltic coast / Sunhild Kleingartner -- Belief & ritual / Neil Price -- The Fyrkat woman / Peter Pentz and Neil Price -- Ritual sites at Lake Tisso / Lars Jorgensen -- The Oseberg ship and ritual burial / Jan Bill -- Ships & the Vikings / Peter Pentz -- Roskilde 6 / Jan Bill -- Conservation of Roskilde 6 / Kristiane Stroetkvern
- Control code
- 000052768546
- Dimensions
- 29 cm.
- Extent
- 288 pages
- Isbn
- 9780714123370
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Other physical details
- colour illustrations, colour maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)864085963
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