Beyond the Northlands : Viking voyages and the Old Norse sagas / Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough.
A trip to the furthest edgelands of the Viking world via the drama of the Old Norse sagas - from the Arctic Circle to Constantinople, north America to Kievan Rus.
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| Published: | Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016. ©2016 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Beyond the Northlands : |b Viking voyages and the Old Norse sagas / |c Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Oxford, United Kingdom : |b Oxford University Press, |c 2016. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2016 | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Beyond the Northlands: Viking voyages and the old norse sagas; Copyright; Dedication; Acnowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Basic Pronunciation Guide to Tricky Letters; · Vikings ·; Chapter 1: Inroads from the Sea; Dragons over Northumbria; Danelaw; Eggs and dregs; Slaughter-wolves; Northland of old; Chapter 2: Fire and Ice; Terra nova; Saga stories; Mouths and manuscripts; Trials by water and fire; Blurred lines; · North ·; Chapter 3: In the Lands of the North; Out of space, out of time; Wonders of the north; Deep magic; Darkness will give way; 'Much knowing' | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Snow queensChapter 4: North of all Northmen; As far north as whale hunters go; King of the north; Pagans and politics; Sailing by; Chapter 5: Where the Wild Things Are; Fighting with monsters; A hairy situation; Giantland geography; Glittering plains; Butter and bacon; · West ·; Chapter 6: Westward Ho!; The last homely house; Frozen in time; Tempers and tourism; Outside over there; Winter of discontent; Bred on frost; Chapter 7: New World; Snorri's story; Sailing the saga seas; L'Anse aux Meadows; A taste of paradise; Trouble with the natives; Through the looking glass; Paradise lost. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Off the mapChapter 8: The Way the World Ends; A frosty reception; Ice age; Silent death; Not with a bang; Dark and dangerous land; Helluland reborn; · East ·; Chapter 9: Eastern Promise; Steppe by steppe; Another history; Small islands; Raiders and traders; Cold wars; Kings of the east; A clash of kings; Tangled threads; Chapter 10: Set in Stone; Immortal memory; Far travellers; A river runs through it; Lost in translation; Telling tales; Chapter 11: Far-Travelling Beasts; Beauty and the bestiary; Here be dragons; Marvels and monsters; · South ·; Chapter 12: Journey to the Centre of the Earth. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Sagas in TranslationPicture Acknowledgements; Index. | |
| 520 | |a A trip to the furthest edgelands of the Viking world via the drama of the Old Norse sagas - from the Arctic Circle to Constantinople, north America to Kievan Rus. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 13, 2019). | |
| 506 | |a Access limited to authorized users. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Vikings. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Civilization, Viking. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Sagas |x History and criticism. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Scandinavia |x History |y To 1397. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Europe |x History |y 476-1492. | |
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| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a Barraclough, Eleanor Rosamund. |t Beyond the Northlands. |b First edition. |d Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016 |z 9780198701248 |w (DLC) 2016931924 |w (OCoLC)944463005 |
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