The Fury of the Northmen: Saints, Shrines and Sea-Raiders in the Viking Age Ad 793-878

The Fury of the Northmen: Saints, Shrines and Sea-Raiders in the Viking Age Ad 793-878 image
ISBN-10:

0312130805

ISBN-13:

9780312130800

Author(s): Marsden, John
Released: Jan 01, 1995
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Format: Hardcover, 194 pages
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Description:

A recounting of the Viking onslaught on the coasts of Britain and Ireland from the perspective of its victims. Fragments of carved stone from the sacred island of Lindisfarne indicate that monks and others saw the Viking raid on the holy place in 793 the start of the Viking Age as the onset of Armageddon. The chronology covers the years 521-1104. First published in Great Britain in 1993. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.












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