The Norsemen in the Viking Age (Peoples of Europe)

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Summary: One of the best books on the norsemen
Review: I am really amazed that no-one has reviewed this book before. Anyway, I should say that this is one of the best books on the vikings ever! It offers an updated vision on the norsemen using several approaches (archaeology, literature, anthropology). The bibliography is extensive and very recent in general. Forget the many available introductions to the vikings and buy this one instead. It really deserves it (believe an Old Norse language and literature specialist tired of introductory books saying almost the same over and over again). Be it as it may, you will check after reading this book how wrong you were about the vikings...so far.