Eleanor Barraclough Embers of the hands

hidden histories of the Viking Age

"A new and original history of the Viking Age, told through the objects that defined the lives of its people - from powerful leaders to naughty teenagers. Imagine a Viking, and a certain image springs to mind: a nameless, faceless warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorise the hapless local population of a northern European country. Yet while such characters define the Viking Age today, they were in the minority. This is the history of all the other people - children, enslaved...

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Engels | 373 pagina's | Profile Books, London | 2024

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