Beyond the Northlands
- 344pages
- 13 heures de lecture
A vibrant account that evokes the spirit of the Viking age in a thoroughly entertaining, yet historically sound, fashion. Philip Parker, BBC World Histories
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough Livres
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough est une spécialiste de l'histoire et de la littérature médiévales dont l'œuvre explore la riche tapisserie de la culture nordique et son influence durable. Ses recherches la mènent souvent dans des paysages reculés et évocateurs, des fjords glacés du Groenland aux ruines antiques de Rome, cherchant à découvrir les histoires enfouies dans ces lieux. En tant que "New Generation Thinker" reconnue, elle possède une remarquable capacité à traduire des recherches universitaires complexes en récits captivants, donnant vie au passé pour un public plus large. Son approche unique mêle une enquête historique rigoureuse à un esprit d'aventure, rendant l'exploration des traditions anciennes immédiate et pertinente.
Beyond the northlands : Viking voyages and the Old Norse sagas
- 317pages
- 12 heures de lecture
In the dying days of the eighth century, the Vikings erupted onto the international stage with brutal raids and slaughter. The medieval Norsemen may be best remembered as monk murderers and village pillagers, but this is far from the whole story. Throughout the Middle Ages, long-ships transported hairy northern voyagers far and wide, where they not only raided but also traded, explored and settled new lands, encountered unfamiliar races, and embarked on pilgrimages and crusades. To explore the sagas and the world that produced them, Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough now takes her own trip through the dramatic landscapes that they describe. Along the way, she illuminates the rich but often confusing saga accounts with a range of other evidence: archaeological finds, rune-stones, medieval world maps, encyclopaedic manuscripts, and texts from as far away as Byzantium and Baghdad. As her journey across the Old Norse world shows, by situating the sagas against the revealing background of this other evidence, we can begin at least to understand just how the world was experienced, remembered, and imagined by this unique culture from the outermost edge of Europe so many centuries ago.
