FROM VIKING TO CRUSADER : The Scandinavians and Europe 800-1200 by Roesdahl, Else (editor); Wilson, David M. (editor) - 1992

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Rizzoli, 1992-10-15. Hardcover. Used: Good.

New York: Rizzoli, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 27.5 x 21.5 cm. Quarto. 429pp. Bibliography, index. Illustrated with maps, photographs, paintings, drawings. Black cloth in dust jacket.

Undoubtedly the most definitive assessment of the civilization of Scandinavia in the Viking Age and in the early medieval period ever published, this volume coincides with a major exhibition opening at the Grand Palais in Paris and traveling to Berlin and Copenhagen in fall 1992.The dramatic history of the Vikings: their invasion of parts of England and Normandy, their trade routes through Russia to Byzantium, their founding of a new republic in Iceland, and further explorations westward is legendary.Described here by scholars from fifteen countries and richly illustrated with superb examples of coins, gold and silver jewelry, manuscripts and maps, ships and weaponry, textiles and household objects, the Viking culture emerges as highly developed and complex. Their domestic resources of virtually unlimited supplies of fish and game, furs, wool, wood and iron, together with their skilled craftsmanship, refined artistic sensibilities, social and political organization, adventurousness and bravery,… Read More

Rizzoli International Publications, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x1x11. Clean, solid hardcover copy with unmarked text. Jacket has moderate surface and edge wear; a tiny tear at upper edge, front cover. Binding is tight and square. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.

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