Beyond the Northlands Viking Voyages and the Old Norse sagas / Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough.
| Author/creator | Barraclough, Eleanor |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016. |
| Description | xix, 317 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Basic pronunciation guide to tricky letters -- Inroads from the sea -- Fire and ice -- In the lands of the North -- North of all Northmen -- Where the wild things are -- Westward ho! -- New World -- The way the world ends -- Eastern promise -- Set in stone -- Far-travelling beasts -- Journey to the centre of the Earth -- Sailing to Byzantium -- World's end -- Sagas in translation. |
| Abstract | In the dying days of the eighth century, the Vikings erupted onto the international stage with brutal raids and slaughter. The medieval Norsemen may be best remembered as monk murderers and village pillagers, but this is far from the whole story. Throughout the Middle Ages, long-ships transported hairy northern voyagers far and wide, where they not only raided but also traded, explored and settled new lands, encountered unfamiliar races, and embarked on pilgrimages and crusades. To explore the sagas and the world that produced them, Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough now takes her own trip through the dramatic landscapes that they describe. Along the way, she illuminates the rich but often confusing saga accounts with a range of other evidence: archaeological finds, rune-stones, medieval world maps, encyclopaedic manuscripts, and texts from as far away as Byzantium and Baghdad. As her journey across the Old Norse world shows, by situating the sagas against the revealing background of this other evidence, we can begin at least to understand just how the world was experienced, remembered, and imagined by this unique culture from the outermost edge of Europe so many centuries ago. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-310) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016931924 |
| ISBN | 9780198701248 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0198701241 (hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |