The Viking Age (Summarized Edition)

The Viking Age (Vol. 1 & 2) offers a panoramic survey of Norse society from the late Iron Age to the medieval diaspora. Du Chaillu synthesizes runic inscriptions, law codes, skaldic verse, sagas, and continental chronicles with a catalog of artifacts—ships, weapons, jewelry, hoards, graves—into an illustrated compendium. Its Victorian yet precise prose bridges antiquarianism and emerging scientifi...