The Resource The Viking wars : war and peace in King Alfred's Britain, 789-955, Max Adams
The Viking wars : war and peace in King Alfred's Britain, 789-955, Max Adams
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- Summary
- In 865, a great Viking army landed in East Anglia, precipitating a series of wars that would last until the middle of the following century. It was in this time of crisis that the modern kingdoms of Britain were born. In their responses to the Viking threat, these kingdoms forged their identities as hybrid cultures: vibrant and entrepreneurial peoples adapting to instability and opportunity. Traditionally, Alfred the Great is cast as the central player in the story of Viking Age Britain. But Max Adams, while stressing the genius of Alfred as war leader, law-giver, and forger of the English nation, has a more nuanced narrative approach to this conventional version of history. The Britain encountered by the Scandinavians of the ninth and tenth centuries was one of regional diversity and self-conscious cultural identities, depicted in glorious narrative fashion in The Viking Wars
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 509 pages
- Note
- Map of South Britain on front and back ending papers
- Isbn
- 9781681777979
- Label
- The Viking wars : war and peace in King Alfred's Britain, 789-955
- Title
- The Viking wars
- Title remainder
- war and peace in King Alfred's Britain, 789-955
- Statement of responsibility
- Max Adams
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 865, a great Viking army landed in East Anglia, precipitating a series of wars that would last until the middle of the following century. It was in this time of crisis that the modern kingdoms of Britain were born. In their responses to the Viking threat, these kingdoms forged their identities as hybrid cultures: vibrant and entrepreneurial peoples adapting to instability and opportunity. Traditionally, Alfred the Great is cast as the central player in the story of Viking Age Britain. But Max Adams, while stressing the genius of Alfred as war leader, law-giver, and forger of the English nation, has a more nuanced narrative approach to this conventional version of history. The Britain encountered by the Scandinavians of the ninth and tenth centuries was one of regional diversity and self-conscious cultural identities, depicted in glorious narrative fashion in The Viking Wars
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1961-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Adams, Max
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- genealogical tables
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Alfred
- Vikings
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Label
- The Viking wars : war and peace in King Alfred's Britain, 789-955, Max Adams
- Note
- Map of South Britain on front and back ending papers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-489) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 509 pages
- Isbn
- 9781681777979
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, genealogy
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1005691283
- Label
- The Viking wars : war and peace in King Alfred's Britain, 789-955, Max Adams
- Note
- Map of South Britain on front and back ending papers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-489) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 509 pages
- Isbn
- 9781681777979
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, genealogy
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1005691283
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