| Description |
289 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-284) and index. |
| Contents |
The Viking warrior -- Norse mythology -- Turgeis the Devil -- The voyage of Hasting -- Kievan Rus -- The Vikings at home -- The great heathen army -- Britain fights back -- Harald Fairhair -- Gunnhild, mother of kings -- The siege of Paris -- Hrolf the Walker -- Egil Skallagrimsson -- Saint Olga of Kiev -- Erik the Red -- The Varangian Guard -- Christianity comes to heathendom -- The Vikings discover America -- The decline and fall of Ethelred the Unready -- The Norman Conquest. |
| Summary |
Presents the history and myths of the Vikings, from their rise in the eighth century, raids throughout Europe, conversion to Christianity, and eventual decline following the Norman Conquest in 1066. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 8.8 9 175653 |
| Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 8.8 9 175653 |
| Subject |
Vikings -- Juvenile literature.
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Civilization, Viking -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Butzer, C. M., illustrator.
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| Added Title |
Vikings |
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Guts and glory |
| ISBN |
9780316320566 (hardcover) |
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0316320560 (hardcover) |
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