Take an incredible journey through the history of the Viking age. Perfect for student studying the period. Viking – the very word epitomizes adventure and ferocity. Though not the most technologically advanced culture of their period, the Vikings nevertheless saw more of the world than virtually any other group. The very Viking spirit drove them to constantly push beyond the next horizon.
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Sources:
-Abbo Cernuus - Viking Attacks on Paris, (Peeters, 2007)
-Adams, Max - The Viking Wars, (Pegasus Books, 2018)
-Alfred the Great: Asser’s Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources, trans. Simon Keynes and Michael Lapidge, (Penguin, 2004)
-Arman, Joanna - The Warrior Queen: The Life and Legend of Aethelflaed, Daughter of Alfred the Great, (Amberley, 2017)
-Collins, Roger - Caliphs and Kings: Spain, 796-1031, (Wiley Blackwell, 2014)
-Ferguson, Robert - The Vikings, (Penguin, 2010)
-Haywood, John - Northmen: The Viking Saga, AD 793-1241, (Head of Zeus, 2020)
-O’Callaghan, Joseph - A History of Medieval Spain, (Cornell, 1975)
Featuring game clips from Attila: Total War, Age of Charlemagne Expansion Pack, and Medieval Total War.
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Error correction: the video describes Frigga as the wife of Thor. In fact, Sif is the wife of Thor.