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"This book details the development of Scandinavia from the end of the Ice Age, through a series of prehistoric cultures, the Bronze and Iron ages, to the Viking period and late Middle Ages. Recent research suggests a Swedish origin of the Goths, who helped dismember the Roman Empire, and evidence of Swedish participation in the western Viking expeditions"--

Goths --- Vikings --- History. --- History. --- Scandinavia --- Sweden --- History --- History

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Vikings at War presents a sumptuous depiction of how the Vikings waged war; their weapons technology, offensive and defensive warfare, military traditions and tactics, their fortifications, ships and command structure. It also portrays the Viking raids and conquest campaigns that brought the Vikings to virtually every corner of Europe and even to America. Viking ships landed on almost every shore in the Western world during the 350 years that followed the introduction of the sail into the region, from the 9th to the 11th century. Viking ravages united the Spanish kingdoms and stopped Charlemagne and the Franks' advance in Europe. Wherever Viking ships roamed, enormous suffering followed in their wake, but the encounter between cultures changed both European and Nordic societies. Employing unorthodox and unpredictable strategies, which were hard for more organized forces to respond to, the most crucial element of the Viking's success was their basic strategy of evading the enemy by arriving by sea, then attacking quickly and with great force before withdrawing quickly. The warrior class dominated in a militarized society. Honor was everything, and breaking promises and ruining one's posthumous reputation was considered worse than death itself. If a man offended another man's honor, the only way out was blood revenge. Never before have the Viking art of war, weapons and the history of their conquests been presented together in such detail. With over 380 color illustrations including beautiful reconstruction drawings, maps, cross-section drawings of ships, line-drawings of fortifications, battle plan reconstructions and photos of surviving artifacts including weapons and jewelry.

Vikings. --- Vikings --- Northmen --- Social life and customs. --- Scandinavia --- History --- Civilization, Viking --- Viking antiquities --- Antiquities --- Viking civilization --- Norsemen --- Ethnology --- Social life and customs --- Material culture --- Civilization --- To 1397

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Vikings --- Names, Geographical --- Geographic names --- Geographical names --- Place names --- Placenames --- Toponyms --- Names --- Geography --- Toponymy --- Northmen --- History. --- Great Britain --- History

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The Wood Quay – Fishamble Street archaeological excavations were a constant media story throughout the 1970s and ‘80s when the threat of official destruction brought thousands of protestors onto the streets of Dublin. Although this highly-publicised protest failed to “Save Wood Quay”, it did force the most extensive urban excavations ever undertaken in Europe that yielded more unprecedented data about town layout in Dublin 1000 years ago than about any other European Viking town of the time. Dozens of often near intact building foundations, fences, yards, pathways, and quaysides, as well as thousands of artefacts and environmental samples were unearthed in the course of the campaign. Pat Wallace, the chief archaeologist who directed the Wood Quay and Fishamble Street excavations, provides a detailed examination of the implications of these discoveries for Viking-Age and Anglo-Norman Dublin by placing them in their national and international contexts.Lavishly illustrated with over 500 colour images, maps, and drawings, and together with detailed descriptions and analyses of the artefacts, this pioneering study draws together all the finds and discusses them in the context of parallel discoveries in Ireland, Britain, Scandinavia and northern Europe with the historical, economic and cultural milieu of Hiberno-Scandinavian Dublin in background focus.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Viking antiquities --- Architecture, Viking --- Vikings --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Antiquités viking --- Architecture viking --- Wood Quay Site (Dublin, Ireland) --- Ireland --- Wood Quay (Dublin, Irlande : Site archéologique) --- Irlande --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- Antiquités vikings Irlande Dublin --- Antiquités vikings Irlande Dublin (Irlande) --- Excavations (Archaeology) Ireland Dublin --- Fouilles (Archéologie) Irlande Dublin --- Fouilles archéologiques Irlande Dublin (Irlande) --- Ireland Dublin --- Ireland Dublin Wood Quay Site --- Viking antiquities Ireland Dublin --- Wood Quay (Irelande ; site archéologique)

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In this book contributions by archaeologists and numismatists from six countries address different aspects of how silver was used in both Scandinavia and the wider Viking world during the 8th to 11th centuries AD. The volume brings together a combination of recent summaries and new work on silver and gold coinage, rings and bullion, which allow a better appreciation of the broader socioeconomic conditions of the Viking world. This is an indispensable source for all archaeologists, historians and numismatists involved in Viking Studies.

Coins, Scandinavian. --- Coins, Medieval. --- Silver coins --- Coinage --- Money --- Numismatics --- Viking antiquities. --- Coin hoards --- Hoards, Coin --- Coins --- Vikings --- Antiquities --- Archaeology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- History, Ancient --- Legal tender --- Mints --- Silver question --- Medieval coins --- Scandinavian coins --- History. --- Europe --- Antiquities. --- Economic conditions --- Silver --- Argent --- Monnaies scandinaves --- Monnaies médiévales --- Monnaies d'argent --- Monnaie --- Numismatique --- Antiquités vikings --- Trésors monétaires (Numismatique) --- Economic aspects --- Aspect économique --- Histoire --- Frappe --- Antiquités --- Conditions économiques