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Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age: The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse

Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age: The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse

Jesch, Judith

Hardcover

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryBoatingScandinavian History

ISBN10: 0851158269
ISBN13: 9780851158266
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: Jun 14 2001
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.60
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.44 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
A critical survey of the vocabulary of Viking ships and their crews, of fleets and sailing and battles at sea, based on the runic and skaldic evidence from c.950-1100, and studied within the context of Viking activity in the period.

The Vikings were the master mariners and ship-builders of the middle ages: their success depended on these skills. Spectacular archaeological finds of whole or partial ships, from burial mounds or dredged from harbours, continue to give new and exciting evidence of their practical craftsmanship and urge to seek new shores. The nautical vocabulary of the Viking Age, however, has been surprisingly neglected - the last comprehensive study was published in 1912 and was heavily dependent on post-Viking Age sources.

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