# The Vikings

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- Book: [The Vikings](https://www.bookquiver.com/else-roesdahl/the-vikings) ([The Vikings.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/else-roesdahl/the-vikings.md))
- Authors: [Else Roesdahl](https://www.bookquiver.com/else-roesdahl)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4194-153-0
- Published: 1998-04-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Thoroughly updated and with a new foreword Far from being just 'wild, barbaric, axe-wielding pirates', the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia and made a major impact on European history through trade, travel and far-flung consolidation. This encyclopedic study brings together the latest research on Viking art, burial customs, class divisions, jewellery, kingship, poetry and family life. The result is a rich and compelling picture of an extraordinary civilisation.