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  • Contacts and Networks in the Baltic Sea Region

    Austmarr as a Northern mare nostrum, ca. 500-1500 AD

    Edited by Maths Bertell, Kendra Willson ...
    Series series Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies
    Since prehistoric times, the Baltic Sea has functioned as a northern mare nostrum — a crucial nexus that has shaped the languages, folklore, religions, literature, technology, and identities of the Germanic, Finnic, Sámi, Baltic, and Slavic peoples. This anthology explores the networks among those peoples. The contributions to Contacts and Networks in the Baltic Sea Region: Austmarr as a Northern ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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  • The Age of the Vikings

    by Anders Winroth ...
    A major reassessment of the vikings and their legacyThe Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and traveled far from their homelands in swift and sturdy ships to explore. The Age of the Vikings tells the full story of this exciting period in history. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Women and Weapons in the Viking World

    Amazons of the North

    by Leszek Gardela ...
    "Invigorating . . . Gardeła reappraises the connections between women and violence in an early-medieval society that has left few texts to guide us." — Studies in Late AntiquityThis book sets out to investigate the idea of "the armed woman" in the Viking Age through a comprehensive and cross-cultural approach and weaves a nuanced picture of women's lives in the Viking world.The Viking Age (c. AD ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • German

    Biography of a Language

    by Ruth Sanders ...
    Thousands of years ago, seafront clans in Denmark began speaking the earliest form of Germanic language--the first of six "signal events" that Ruth Sanders highlights in this marvelous history of the German language. Blending linguistic, anthropological, and historical research, Sanders presents a brilliant biography of the language as it evolved across the millennia. She sheds light on the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Viking World

    Edited by Stefan Brink, Neil Price ...
    Series series Routledge Worlds
    Filling a gap in the literature for an academically oriented volume on the Viking period, this unique book is a one-stop authoritative introduction to all the latest research in the field.Bringing together today’s leading scholars, both established seniors and younger, cutting-edge academics, Stefan Brink and Neil Price have constructed the first single work to gather innovative research from a ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

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  • Finding Atlantis

    A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World

    by David King ...
    The untold story of a fascinating Renaissance man on an adventurous hunt for a lost civilization—an epic quest through castles, courts, mythologies, and the spectacular world of the imagination.What do Zeus, Apollo, and the gods of Mount Olympus have in common with Odin, Thor, and the gods of Valhalla? What do these, in turn, have to do with the shades of Hades, the pharaohs of Egypt, and the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Dutch

    Biography of a Language

    by Roland Willemyns ...
    More than 22 million people speak Dutch-primarily in the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, and the Antilles. Roland Willemyns here offers a well-researched and highly readable survey of the Dutch language in all its historical, geographic, and social aspects. Willemyns tells a story of language contact and conflict. From its earliest days, Dutch has been in intense contact with other languages both ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • The Northern Dawn: A History of the Reawakening of the Germanic Spirit

    From the Twilight of the Gods to the Sun at Midnight

    by Stephen Edred Flowers ...
    Series Book 1 - The Northern Dawn
    Throughout the United States and Europe, a revival of interest in all things Germanic is taking place. This can be seen in the growth of pre-Christian religious movements, and in the much wider popularity of movies, novels, and television shows about the Viking Age. Just as other ethnicities show a healthy desire to reconnect with their indigenous past, the revival of Germanic culture appeals to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Barbarian Rites

    The Spiritual World of the Vikings and the Germanic Tribes

    by Hans-Peter Hasenfratz, Ph.D. ...
    Discover the untamed paganism of the Vikings and the Germanic tribes prior to the complete Christianization of Europe• Explores the different forms of magic practiced by these tribes, including runic magic, necromancy (death magic), soul-travel, and shape-shifting• Examines their rites of passage and initiation rituals and their most important gods, such as Odin, Loki, and Thor• Looks at barbarian ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Languages of Scandinavia

    Seven Sisters of the North

    by Ruth H. Sanders ...
    "A much-needed, comprehensive, and accessible overview of the interrelationship among" Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish, and Sami (Ilmari Ivaska, Scandinavian Studies).From fjords to mountains, schools of herring to herds of reindeer, Scandinavia is rich in astonishing natural beauty. Less well known, however, is that it is also rich in languages. Home to seven languages, ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga

    by Margaret Clunies Ross ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Literature
    The medieval Norse-Icelandic saga is one of the most important European vernacular literary genres of the Middle Ages. This Introduction to the saga genre outlines its origins and development, its literary character, its material existence in manuscripts and printed editions, and its changing reception from the Middle Ages to the present time. Its multiple sub-genres - including family sagas, ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • A Literary History of the Low Countries

    Edited by Theo Hermans ...
    What was the written culture behind visual artists like Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Rubens? What made the historical novel in nineteenth-century Flanders so different from its counterpart in Holland? What was the literary impact of the huge colonial empires run by the Netherlands and Belgium? What role did Latin, French, and Frisian play in the literary culture of the Low Countries through the ages? ... Read more

    $17.99 USD