Название: Vikings: A History of the Norse People
Автор: Martin J. Dougherty
Издательство: Amber Books Ltd
ISBN: 1782740619
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 329
Размер: 29,2 МБ
Язык: Английский
Beginning in 789AD, the Vikings raided monasteries, sacked cities and invaded western Europe. They looted and enslaved their enemies.
But that is only part of their story. In long boats they discovered Iceland and America (both by accident) and also sailed up the Seine to Paris (which they sacked). They settled from Newfoundland to Russia, founded Dublin and fought battles as far afield as the Caspian Sea.
A thousand years after their demise, traces of the Vikings remain all the way from North America to Istanbul. They traded walruses with Inuits, brought Russian furs to Western Europe and took European slaves to Constantinople. Their graves contain Arab silver, Byzantine silks and Frankish weapons.