Beschreibung:
Dawn M. Hadley and Julian D. Richards are both professors of archaeology at the University of York. They are co-directors of the Tents to Towns project, exploring the transition from Viking raiding to trading. Julian is author of Viking Age England, now in its third edition, and The Vikings: A Very Short Introduction. Dawn is author of The Vikings in England: Settlement, Society and Culture.
Prologue: Heroes and Villains Part I: The Vikings and their World: 1. Warrior-Chiefs and Kings; 2. The Raids Begin Part II: The Viking Great Army: 3. A Pivotal Decade; 4. The Winter of AD 872-3 and the Camp at Torksey; 5. Beyond the Winter Camps; 6. The Army's Dead; 7. Raiders to Settlers; 8. York and the Viking Camp at Aldwark Part III: The Making of a Nation: 9. Wessex Fights Back and the Origins of England; 10 The First Industrial Revolution ¿ Epilogue: Immigrants and Artisans
The definitive account of the notorious Viking Great Army that swept through Britain between AD 865 and 880.