Research Catalog

Title

Vikings at War / Kim Hjardar and Vegard Vike.

Author

Hjardar, Kim

Publication

Oxford : Casemate, 2016.

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Details

Additional Authors

Vike, Vegard

Description

400 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 26 cm

Summary

Vikings at War presents a sumptuous depiction of how the Vikings waged war; their weapons technology, offensive and defensive warfare, military traditions and tactics, their fortifications, ships and command structure. It also portrays the Viking raids and conquest campaigns that brought the Vikings to virtually every corner of Europe and even to America. Viking ships landed on almost every shore in the Western world during the 350 years that followed the introduction of the sail into the region, from the 9th to the 11th century. Viking ravages united the Spanish kingdoms and stopped Charlemagne and the Franks' advance in Europe. Wherever Viking ships roamed, enormous suffering followed in their wake, but the encounter between cultures changed both European and Nordic societies. Employing unorthodox and unpredictable strategies, which were hard for more organized forces to respond to, the most crucial element of the Viking's success was their basic strategy of evading the enemy by arriving by sea, then attacking quickly and with great force before withdrawing quickly. The warrior class dominated in a militarized society. Honor was everything, and breaking promises and ruining one's posthumous reputation was considered worse than death itself. If a man offended another man's honor, the only way out was blood revenge. Never before have the Viking art of war, weapons and the history of their conquests been presented together in such detail. With over 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.

Uniform Title

Vikinger i krig. English

Alternative Title

Vikinger i krig.

Subjects

• Civilization, Viking
• Scandinavia > History > To 1397
• Northmen
• Vikings > Material culture
• Vikings > Social life and customs
• Viking antiquities

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Call Number

JFF 17-1307

ISBN

• 9781612004037
• 1612004032

LCCN

• 2017304592
• 99970640815

OCLC

986788770

Author

Hjardar, Kim, author.

Title

Vikings at War / Kim Hjardar and Vegard Vike.

Publisher

Oxford : Casemate, 2016.

Edition

First English edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Vike, Vegard, author.

Other Standard Identifier

99970640815

Research Call Number

JFF 17-1307