The Viking Wars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Viking Wars write by Max Adams. This book was released on 2018-08-07. The Viking Wars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A history of Britain in the violent and unruly era between the first Scandinavian raids in 789 and the final expulsion of the Vikings from York in 954. In 865, a great Viking army landed in East Anglia, precipitating a series of wars that would last until the middle of the following century. It was in this time of crisis that the modern kingdoms of Britain were born. In their responses to the Viking threat, these kingdoms forged their identities as hybrid cultures: vibrant and entrepreneurial peoples adapting to instability and opportunity. Traditionally, Alfred the Great is cast as the central player in the story of Viking Age Britain. But Max Adams, while stressing the genius of Alfred as war leader, law-giver, and forger of the English nation, has a more nuanced narrative approach to this conventional version of history. The Britain encountered by the Scandinavians of the ninth and tenth centuries was one of regional diversity and self-conscious cultural identities, depicted in glorious narrative fashion in The Viking Wars.
Vikings at War
Vikings at War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vikings at War write by Kim Hjardar. This book was released on 2016-11-22. Vikings at War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An illustrated guide to Viking warfare from strategy and weapons to culture and tradition: “a very excellent introduction to the Viking age as a whole” (Justin Pollard, historical consultant for the Amazon television series Vikings). From the time when sailing was first introduced to Scandinavia, Vikings reached virtually every corner of Europe and even America with their raids and conquests. Wherever Viking ships roamed, enormous suffering followed in their wake, but the encounters between cultures also brought immense change to both European and Nordic societies. In Vikings at War, historian Kim Hjardar presents a comprehensive overview of Viking weapons technology, military traditions and tactics, offensive and defensive strategies, fortifications, ships, and command structure. The most crucial element of the Viking’s success was their strategy of arriving by sea, attacking with great force, and withdrawing quickly. In their militarized society, honor was everything, and ruining one’s posthumous reputation was considered worse than death itself. Vikings at War features more than 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. Winner of Norway’s Saga Prize, Vikings at War is now available in English with this new translation. “A magnificent piece of work [that] I’d recommend to anyone with an interest in the Viking period.” —Justin Pollard, historical consultant for the Amazon television series Vikings
Norse Warfare
Norse Warfare - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Norse Warfare write by Martina Sprague. This book was released on 2007. Norse Warfare available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Until the early 1000s, waves of strange and ferocious warriors from the barren northlands swept into Britain and Western Europe. Plundering and pillaging, they left devastation in their wake. Trembling victims never knew when they would strike next. The Vikings fought for personal glory, material wealth and a longing for adventure and freedom. This book tackles the myth of the Vikings, their unconventional methods of warfare, cunning strategies and boldly innovative ship building techniques. The author casts a scholarly eye and a fresh light onto these fiercely independent people.
The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great
The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great write by Paul Hill. This book was released on 2008. The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the spring of 878 at the Battle of Edington the tide of English history turned. Alfred's decisive defeat of Guthrum the Dane freed much of the south and west of England from Danish control and brought a halt to Guthrum's assault on Alfred's Wessex. The battle was the continuation of a long period of preparation by Alfred in the wilderness - a victory snatched from the jaws of catastrophic defeat. As such, this momentous turning point around which an entire nation's future pivoted, has given rise to legends and misconceptions that persist to the present day. Paul Hill, in this stimulating and meticulously researched study, brings together the evidence of the medieval chronicles and the latest historical and archaeological research to follow the struggle as it swung across southern England in the ninth century. 40 b/w photos
Alfred's Wars
Alfred's Wars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Alfred's Wars write by Ryan Lavelle. This book was released on 2010. Alfred's Wars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Collection of source material and crucial interpretations, offering a comprehensive guide to Anglo-Saxon warfare.
