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Viking Age: Everyday Life During the Extraordinary Era of the Norsemen Hardcover – November 5, 2013

by Kirsten Wolf (Author)

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Though infamous for their pirating and raiding, active Vikings were actually only a tiny fraction of the total Scandinavian population during the so-called Viking Age. This exploration of their culture goes beyond the myths into the prosaic realities and intimate details of family life; their attitude toward the more vulnerable members of society; their famed longships and extensive travels; and the role they played in the greater community. In addition to images and maps, a timeline lays out Viking history.

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Series: Everyday Life
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Sterling; Reprint edition (November 5, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1454909064
ISBN-13: 978-1454909064
Product Dimensions: 1 x 6 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

Specifically Nordic Culture

By Dag Stomberg on February 19, 2014

Format: Hardcover

This is about CULTURE, not raiding and pirating!

Yes, the Vikings had a domestic life, economic life, intellectual life, material life, political life, recreational life
and religious life.

Dr. Kirsten Wolf explains the Viking unfavourables were never more than a small percentage of the total
population.

The appendices beginning with a concise Viking Age Timetable continuing with Endnotes, Glossary and
a superb section devoted to Further Reading makes this book rank with the very best.

The history is real and expertly retold.

Greatly recommended!

Dag Stomberg
Independent Scholar
St Andrews, Scotland

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

Great Resource

By Axie Barclay on November 5, 2014

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OMG I love this book! Ran across it while doing research for my novel set in the Viking era and this book has been critical for current, cohesive information. While it’s not an exhaustive account, it’s certainly a great quick reference and terrific jumping off point. If you’re looking for a good account of what went on in the down time between raiding abbeys and terrorizing Europe, this book covers the basics of the domestic, intellectual, religious, political, etc, spheres of life as experienced by the people known as Vikings. Very readable with great layout and some very nice pictures. This book will spend a long life on my research/ reference shelf.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

Fantastic Reading

By Garrett Haugen on December 29, 2013

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Great reading for those with a general interest in Viking age Scandinavia. Covers the basic exploration of early Religion, Lifestyle, and Challenges of pre-Christian era. Excellent citations to back up critical information.

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16 of 22 people found the following review helpful

Intriguing Information Presented Poorly

By A. L. Tharp on January 21, 2014

Format: Hardcover

"The Viking Age: Everyday Life During the Extraordinary Era of the Norsemen" was a tedious read. From my perspective the book seemed to be a collection of facts and anecdotes without them being woven together well. This lack of a clear flow is what challenges the reader. The readability of the book would have been enhanced if more history or context had been provided to better understand the how and why of these pieces of information. The book is divided into seven sections, e.g., domestic life, religious life, which is a reasonable organization. There were many interesting facts in the book, e.g., how King Harald Bluetooth, for whom the Bluetooth wireless technology is named, brought all of Denmark together, and brought Christianity to Denmark. It was also interesting to read how the Viking Age ended in England in 1066. King Harold Godwinsson of England surprised King Harald Hardruler of Norway near York. Kind Hardruler was killed during the battle. Then two days later William the Conqueror killed King Harold Godwinsson. I had not realized how close in time these two events were. There might have been more analysis of what effect one event may have had on the other or what caused the two events to be so close in time.

The basis for an excellent book exists within the information contained within the book. However, for the reader to gain the maximum advantage of the information, the text should be rewritten with the assistance of a good editor. Then the "Viking Age" would be more comprehensible and engaging for a general audience.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

fun but tacky

By Bruce D. Wilner on August 31, 2015

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This is a fun book that is chock-full of informative facts. I already knew my fair share about the vikings, and this really helped round them out as real people with real problems. (Well, it's pretty obvious that living a thousand years ago constituted "real problems.")

I was astonished that the book cost only $11. Even with Amazon's generous discounts, I asked myself, how can that be? Well, here's why it be: the book is cheaply produced in a small, non-glamorous format on cheap paper. I was really looking forward (perhaps foolishly, given the $11 price tag) to a glorious oversized volume with nice pictures on glossy paper. I instead received an undersized volume with nice pictures on potato peels. O.K., I do exaggerate slightly.

But the book was still lots of fun. And here's another thing for you to learn: never begin a paragraph with "but."

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Excellent introduction to the Viking Age

By Annette J. on May 14, 2015

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Excellent introduction to the Viking Age, as well as the Viking communities & how they lived; this is a very good book to begin learning about the Viking Age as well as the Viking peoples and what their lives entailed

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

A little hokey in places - like pictures of Vikings with horns on their helmets

By George F. Rice on June 4, 2015

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A little hokey in places - like pictures of Vikings with horns on their helmets. Overall good though. I especially liked the information on religion. One big drawback is the lack of decent maps.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Great Information. Very readable

By Patricia E. on March 13, 2015

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Very well written. Great Information. Very readable. Recommend this to anyone wanting to know about real Viking daily life.

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