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Nov 17, 2023 · Book: “The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings” by Lars Brownworth — This is the primary resource, providing an in-depth exploration of the Vikings and their impact on history. 2. Audiobook ...
Dec 6, 2014 · The Sea Wolves (2014) by Lars Brownworth is a fairly compact history of the Vikings. The book is broken into sections describing the viking raiders, the explorers, traders and how the viking lands were ruled. The vikings were an incredible group of people who used their seafaring skills to mount a series of raids against much of coastal Europe.
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Oct 27, 2021 · Wolves were brutal; Vikings were brutal. For Europeans, the metaphor didn’t carry much meaning beyond that—at least for several centuries. For centuries, Viking raids devasted mainland Europe.
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Dec 24, 2014 · Paperback – Dec 24 2014. In AD 793 Norse warriors struck the English isle of Lindisfarne and laid waste to it. Wave after wave of Norse ‘sea-wolves’ followed in search of plunder, land, or a glorious death in battle. Much of the British Isles fell before their swords, and the continental capitals of Paris and Aachen were sacked in turn.
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Oct 13, 2020 · The sea, as in the title, figures large in The Sea Wolves, it was of course the main means the Vikings got around to raid so many places – and perhaps most importantly for a Viking, how they got away with their plunder and slaves afterwards. They weren’t much for long marches overland – unless it was to go between rives, avoiding rocky waterfalls in Russia.
Dec 24, 2014 · In The Sea Wolves, Lars Brownworth brings to life this extraordinary Norse world of epic poets, heroes, and travellers through the stories of the great Viking figures. Among others, Leif the Lucky who discovered a new world, Ragnar Lodbrok the scourge of France, Eric Bloodaxe who ruled in York, and the crafty Harald Hardrada illuminate the saga of the Viking age - a time which “has passed ...
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The Sea Wolves. : Lars Brownworth. Crux Publishing Ltd, Dec 9, 2014 - History - 266 pages. In AD 793 Norse warriors struck the English isle of Lindisfarne and laid waste to it. Wave after wave of Norse ‘sea-wolves’ followed in search of plunder, land, or a glorious death in battle. Much of the British Isles fell before their swords, and the ...
