In the Time of the Vikings.
The Discovery| N° d'inventaire | 22837 |
| Format | 12.5 x 19 |
| Détails | 348 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782348060182 |
From 800 to 1100, the Vikings, coming from the North, sowed terror in many European cities. They pillaged, seized the treasures of churches and monasteries, kidnapped inhabitants whom they ransomed or sold into slavery. But it is often overlooked that these exceptional merchants opened new trade routes between the North, Baghdad, and Byzantium. They settled in Russia, the British Isles, Ireland, Iceland, and Greenland. They developed a refined poetry, extolling the prowess of warriors and the adventures of the gods. However, the Vikings were not a people. Scandinavian blood did not have to flow through the veins of a warrior for him to be recognized as a Viking. The author uses the most recent archaeological discoveries and the accounts of Arab ambassadors to recount the daily lives of peasants and warlords alike—a world where magic and ghosts reign. Far from the bloodthirsty barbarians often described, the Vikings were leading economic players in the new Europe, before disappearing with the evangelization of Scandinavia and the creation of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
From 800 to 1100, the Vikings, coming from the North, sowed terror in many European cities. They pillaged, seized the treasures of churches and monasteries, kidnapped inhabitants whom they ransomed or sold into slavery. But it is often overlooked that these exceptional merchants opened new trade routes between the North, Baghdad, and Byzantium. They settled in Russia, the British Isles, Ireland, Iceland, and Greenland. They developed a refined poetry, extolling the prowess of warriors and the adventures of the gods. However, the Vikings were not a people. Scandinavian blood did not have to flow through the veins of a warrior for him to be recognized as a Viking. The author uses the most recent archaeological discoveries and the accounts of Arab ambassadors to recount the daily lives of peasants and warlords alike—a world where magic and ghosts reign. Far from the bloodthirsty barbarians often described, the Vikings were leading economic players in the new Europe, before disappearing with the evangelization of Scandinavia and the creation of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.