The Norsemen in the Viking Age

This history of the Nordic peoples in the period 750-1050 focuses on their homelands and colonies, demonstrating the fluidity and incoherence of the world in which they lived.

• Considers the Nordic peoples in Viking times without undue recourse to developmental theories.
  
• Guides readers through some of the scholarly controversies surrounding these peoples.
  
• Illustrated by reference to runic, poetic and archaeological evidence.