Beyond the Northlands
- 344 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
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 Knihy
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough je vedkyňa zaoberajúca sa stredovekou históriou a literatúrou, ktorej práca sa ponára do bohatej tapisérie severskej kultúry a jej trvalého vplyvu. Jej výskum ju často zavedie do odľahlých a sugestívnych krajín, od ľadových fjordov Grónska po starobylé ruiny Ríma, pričom sa snaží odhaliť príbehy zakorenené na týchto miestach. Ako uznávaná Nová generácia mysliteľov má pozoruhodnú schopnosť prekladať komplexný akademický výskum do pútavých príbehov, čím oživuje minulosť pre širšie publikum. Jej jedinečný prístup spája dôsledné historické bádanie s duchom dobrodružstva, vďaka čomu prieskum starovekých tradícií pôsobí bezprostredne a relevantne.
Beyond the northlands : Viking voyages and the Old Norse sagas
- 317 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
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.
