Kings and Vikings; Scandinavia and Europe; A.D. 700-1100
by Sawyer, P.H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0416741800
- ISBN 13
- 9780416741803
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Methuen [0-416-74180-0] 1982. (Hardcover) 182pp. Very good plus in fine dust jacket. Abbreviations, illustrations, maps, tables, bibliography, index, photographs. A previous owner's blindstamp inside. "The Age of the Vikings is a particularly good illustration of the process described by ST Augustine whereby pirates 'conquer nations so that their government is no longer called thievish but graced with the eminent name of a kingdom, given and gotten, not because they have left their practices but because they may use them without danger of law'". Time Period 10th Century, 11th Century, 8th Century & 9th Century. Locale: Scandinavia. (History--Europe, Christianity, History--Europe, Vikings).
Synopsis
Professor Sawyer offers some new interpretations of the development of Scandinavian society and history of the Christian conversion.
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153825
- Title
- Kings and Vikings; Scandinavia and Europe; A.D. 700-1100
- Author
- Sawyer, P.H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0416741800
- ISBN 13
- 9780416741803
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1982
- Keywords
- History--Europe, Christianity, History--Europe, Vikings
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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