The Viking Age: A Reader, Second Edition
The Viking Age: A Reader, Second Edition (Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures) by Angus A. Somerville, R. Andrew McDonald
2014 | ISBN: 1442608684, 1442608676 | English | 528 pages | PDF | 3 MB
2014 | ISBN: 1442608684, 1442608676 | English | 528 pages | PDF | 3 MB
In assembling, translating, and arranging over a hundred primary source readings, Somerville and McDonald successfully illuminate the Vikings and their world for twenty-first-century students and instructors. The diversity of the Viking Age is brought to life through the range of sources presented, and the geographical and chronological coverage of these readings. The Norse translations, many of them new to this collection, are straightforward and easily accessible, and the chapter introductions contextualize the readings while allowing the sources to speak for themselves.
The second edition of this popular reader has been revised and reorganized into fourteen chapters. Nearly twenty sources have been added, including material on children, games and entertainment, and runic inscriptions, as well as new readings on the martyrdom of Alfeah, the life of
Saint Findan, and the martyrdom of Saint Edmund.