Vikings. Secrets of history
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Violence and beauty are inseparable from the culture of the Vikings. The image of wild and cruel raiders entrenched in the Vikings, however, on the pages of this book there is a more complicated society, a society of first-reverers and skillful masters who managed to create an extensive trading network.
The book unites 200 amazing artifacts of the VIII - XI centuries that introduce the reader to the art, crafts and life of Europe and the North Atlantic of the Viking era. Here you can find both objects that have become truly cult and relatively recent finds of archaeologists. All this makes the book an excellent guide to Scandinavia of the early Middle Ages.
In the number of exhibits: the famous funeral boats from Norway, the only surviving whole helmet of Viking, as well as treasures taken from the monasteries of Britain, Ireland and continental Europe. The attributes of everyday life are no less important: a leather bag, a thread sock, bone skates or even bread. And also ironing
The book unites 200 amazing artifacts of the VIII - XI centuries that introduce the reader to the art, crafts and life of Europe and the North Atlantic of the Viking era. Here you can find both objects that have become truly cult and relatively recent finds of archaeologists. All this makes the book an excellent guide to Scandinavia of the early Middle Ages.
In the number of exhibits: the famous funeral boats from Norway, the only surviving whole helmet of Viking, as well as treasures taken from the monasteries of Britain, Ireland and continental Europe. The attributes of everyday life are no less important: a leather bag, a thread sock, bone skates or even bread. And also ironing
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Series:
Series: Secrets of History
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-00169-976-7
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