Beyond the Northlands
- 344pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
A vibrant account that evokes the spirit of the Viking age in a thoroughly entertaining, yet historically sound, fashion. Philip Parker, BBC World Histories
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough Libri
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough è una studiosa di storia e letteratura medievale il cui lavoro si addentra nel ricco arazzo della cultura nordica e della sua influenza duratura. La sua ricerca la porta spesso in paesaggi remoti ed evocativi, dalle gelide insenature della Groenlandia alle antiche rovine di Roma, alla ricerca delle storie racchiuse in questi luoghi. Come rinomata "New Generation Thinker", possiede una notevole capacità di tradurre complesse ricerche accademiche in narrazioni avvincenti, portando il passato alla vita per un pubblico più ampio. Il suo approccio unico fonde una rigorosa indagine storica con uno spirito di avventura, rendendo l'esplorazione delle tradizioni antiche immediata e rilevante.
Beyond the northlands : Viking voyages and the Old Norse sagas
- 317pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
In the dying days of the eighth century, the Vikings erupted onto the international stage with brutal raids and slaughter. The medieval Norsemen may be best remembered as monk murderers and village pillagers, but this is far from the whole story. Throughout the Middle Ages, long-ships transported hairy northern voyagers far and wide, where they not only raided but also traded, explored and settled new lands, encountered unfamiliar races, and embarked on pilgrimages and crusades. To explore the sagas and the world that produced them, Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough now takes her own trip through the dramatic landscapes that they describe. Along the way, she illuminates the rich but often confusing saga accounts with a range of other evidence: archaeological finds, rune-stones, medieval world maps, encyclopaedic manuscripts, and texts from as far away as Byzantium and Baghdad. As her journey across the Old Norse world shows, by situating the sagas against the revealing background of this other evidence, we can begin at least to understand just how the world was experienced, remembered, and imagined by this unique culture from the outermost edge of Europe so many centuries ago.
