{"product_id":"the-viking-age-a-reader-third-edition-paperback-softback-9781487570477","title":"The Viking Age; A Reader, Third Edition (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487570477","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Viking Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Reader, Third Edition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAngus A. Somerville (Edited by), R. Andrew McDonald (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487570477\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 November 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e552 pages, 14 b\u0026amp;w illustrations, 4 b\u0026amp;w maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.75 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The third edition of [\u003ci\u003eThe Viking Age\u003c\/i\u003e] is a substantial enlargement and update.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - D.J. Shepherd (\u003cem\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this extensively revised third edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Viking Age: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, Somerville and McDonald successfully bring the Vikings and their world to life for twenty-first-century students and instructors. The diversity of the Viking era is revealed through the remarkable range and variety of sources presented as well as the geographical and chronological coverage of the readings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe third edition has been reorganized into fifteen chapters. Many sources have been added, including material on gender and warrior women, and a completely new final chapter traces the continuing cultural influence of the Vikings to the present day. The use of visual material has been expanded, and updated maps illustrate historical developments throughout the Viking Age. The English translations of Norse texts, many of them new to this collection, are straightforward and easily accessible, while chapter introductions contextualize the readings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter One: The Scandinavian Homelands \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan \u003cbr\u003e2. A Description of the Islands of the North \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Scandinavian Society\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. \u003cem\u003eThe Lay of Rig (Rígsþula)\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e4. Politics in Harald Finehair\u0026amp;#x2019;s Norway \u003cbr\u003e5. Hoskuld Buys a Slave\u003cbr\u003e6. Slave Revolts\u003cbr\u003e(a) Hjorleif's Slaves Revolt\u003cbr\u003e(b) A Slave Revolt in \u003cem\u003eEgil's Saga\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. How the Hersir Erling Treated His Slaves \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three: Early Religion and Belief\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Norse Creation-Myth \u003cbr\u003e9. Ragnarok: The Doom of the Gods  \u003cbr\u003e10. Odin Welcomes Eirik Bloodax to Valhalla \u003cbr\u003e11. Odin Hangs on Yggdrasil \u003cbr\u003e12. Odin and Human Sacrifice \u003cbr\u003e(a) The Death of King Vikar \u003cbr\u003e(b) The Deaths of Domaldi and Olaf Tretelgja \u003cbr\u003e13. Sigurd, the Earl of Lade, Sacrifices to the Gods\u003cbr\u003e14. The Temple at Uppsala \u003cbr\u003e15. A Temple in Iceland\u003cbr\u003e16. Norse Funeral Practices \u003cbr\u003e(a) Snorri\u0026amp;#x2019;s History of Burial Practices \u003cbr\u003e(b) Odin Orders Cremation and Becomes a God\u003cbr\u003e(c) The Death of Baldur the Good \u003cbr\u003e(d) Gunnar\u0026amp;#x2019;s Burial Mound\u003cbr\u003e17. The Living Dead \u003cbr\u003e(a) Gunnar\u0026amp;#x2019;s Posthumous Poem \u003cbr\u003e(b) Grettir\u0026amp;#x2019;s Fight with Glam\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Gender in the Viking Age \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Manly Men\u003cbr\u003e(a) Gunnar Weeps\u003cbr\u003e(b) The Death of Gunnar\u003cbr\u003e(c) Egil and Armod\u003cbr\u003e19. Unmanly Men\u003cbr\u003e(a) Deadly Insults from Grágás\u003cbr\u003e(b) A \u003cem\u003eFlyting\u003c\/em\u003e between Sinfjotli and Gudmund\u003cbr\u003e(c) Egil in Old Age\u003cbr\u003e20. Strong Women\u003cbr\u003e(a) Unn the Deep-Minded Takes Control of Her Life\u003cbr\u003e(b) The Goading of Hildigunn\u003cbr\u003e(c) The Prowess of Freydis, Daughter of Eirik the Red\u003cbr\u003e21. Mothers and Sons\u003cbr\u003e(a) Gudrun Drives Her Sons to Take Revenge\u003cbr\u003e(b) Gudrun Osvifrsdottir's Incitement of Her Sons\u003cbr\u003e22. Making and Breaking Marriages\u003cbr\u003e(a) Betrothals from the Sagas\u003cbr\u003e(i) The Betrothal of Olaf Hoskuldsson\u003cbr\u003e(ii) How Unn Mordsdottir Found Herself Betrothed\u003cbr\u003e(b) Divorces from the Sagas\u003cbr\u003e(i) How Gudrun Divorced Thorvald\u003cbr\u003e(ii) Vigdis Divorces Thord Goddi\u003cbr\u003e23. Women's Work\u003cbr\u003e(a) Housework in \u003cem\u003eLaxdale Saga\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(b) Magical Women\u003cbr\u003e(i) The Greenland Prophetess\u003cbr\u003e(ii) A Phallic Ritual: \u003cem\u003ePassing the Penis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e24. Men and Women Behaving Badly\u003cbr\u003e(a) Queen Gunnhild Has Her Way with Hrut\u003cbr\u003e(b) Gisli Sursson Defends the Family Honor\u003cbr\u003e(c) On the Penalties for Poetry\u003cbr\u003e(d) Hallfred the Troublesome Poet and Kolfinna\u003cbr\u003e(e) Grettir the Strong Puts a Woman in Her Place\u003cbr\u003e25. Same-Sex Encounters\u003cbr\u003e(a) Penitential of Saint Thorlak\u003cbr\u003e(b) Civil Penalties in Early Norwegian Law\u003cbr\u003e(c) Njal Gives a Garment to Flosi\u003cbr\u003e(d) King Harold Formsson and the Land-Spirits\u003cbr\u003e(e) Gisli Sursson Fights Skeggi the Berserk\u003cbr\u003e26. Gender Instability: Trans-Gender and Gender-Shifting\u003cbr\u003e(a) From Gulathing Law: On Seriously Insulting Speech\u003cbr\u003e(b) Odin's Wisdom and Arts\u003cbr\u003e(c) From \u003cem\u003eLoki's Flyting (Lokasenna)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(d) Loki and Svadilfari: loki's Adventure as a Mare\u003cbr\u003e27. Cross-Dressing\u003cbr\u003e(a) Thor as a Bride\u003cbr\u003e(b) How Aud Dealt wih Her Humiliating Divorce\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter Five: Viking Warriors and Their Weapons \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. The Accomplishments of a Viking Warrior\u003cbr\u003e(a) Earl Rognvald Kali on Being a Gentleman\u003cbr\u003e(b) Gunnar Hamundarson, the Ideal Warrior\u003cbr\u003e(c) Olaf Tryggvason, King of Norway\u003cbr\u003e29. Warrior Women\u003cbr\u003e(a) A Warrior Woman\u003cbr\u003e(b) \u003cem\u003eThe Waking of Angantýr (The Lay of Hervor, Hervarakviða)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e30. Valkyries\u003cbr\u003e(a) Helgi and Sigrun I\u003cbr\u003e(b) Helgi and Sigrun II\u003cbr\u003e(c) Brynhild's Helride\u003cbr\u003e31. Berserkers and the Berserk Rage\u003cbr\u003e(a) Odin\u0026amp;#x2019;s Berserks\u003cbr\u003e(b) Egil Skallagrimsson Fights a Berserk\u003cbr\u003e32. Weapons\u003cbr\u003e(a) King Magnus Barelegs Dresses to Kill \u003cbr\u003e(b) The Sword Skofnung \u003cbr\u003e(i) Hrolf Kraki and Skofnung\u003cbr\u003e(ii) Skeggi and Skofnung\u003cbr\u003e(iii) Kormak and Skofnung\u003cbr\u003e(iv) Thorkel Eyolfsson and Skofnung\u003cbr\u003e(v) Gellir Thorkelsson and Skofnung\u003cbr\u003e(c) Saint Olaf\u0026amp;#x2019;s Sword, Hneitir \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Fjord-Serpents: Viking Ships \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. King Olaf Tryggvason Builds the \u003cem\u003eLong Serpent\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e34. Harald Sigurdarson\u0026amp;#x2019;s Splendid Ship\u003cbr\u003e35. Animal Heads on the Prows of Ships\u003cbr\u003e36. A Sea-Battles from the Sagas: Olaf Tryggvason at the Battle of Svold\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: \"Sudden and Unforeseen Attacks of Northmen\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e37. On the Causes of the Viking Expansion \u003cbr\u003e38. Viking Raids on England, 789–850\/1 \u003cbr\u003e39. Alcuin\u0026amp;#x2019;s Letter to King Athelred, 793 \u003cbr\u003e40. An English Gospel Book Ransomed from the Vikings \u003cbr\u003e41. Viking Raids on Ireland, 795–842 \u003cbr\u003e42. The Martyrdom of Blathmac, 825 \u003cbr\u003e43. The Life of Saint Findan \u003cbr\u003e44. Irish Resistance to the Norsemen \u003cbr\u003e45. Franks and Vikings, 800–829 \u003cbr\u003e46. The Northmen in France, 843–865  \u003cbr\u003e47. An Account of the Siege of Paris, 885–886 \u003cbr\u003e48. Vikings in the Iberian Peninsula \u003cbr\u003e(a) Ibn al-Kutia. Year 230 (17 September 844 - 1 October 845)\u003cbr\u003e(b) Ibn Adhari. Year 229 (30 September 843 - 17 September 844)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: \"The Heathens Stayed\": From Raiding To Settlement \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49. Viking Activities in England, 851–900 \u003cbr\u003e50. The Martyrdom of Saint Edmund\u003cbr\u003e51. The Vikings in Ireland, 845–917 \u003cbr\u003e52. Ketil Flatnose and His Descendants in the Hebrides \u003cbr\u003e53. Earl Sigurd and the Establishment of the Earldom of Orkney \u003cbr\u003e54. Runic Inscriptions from Maes Howe, Mainland, Orkney \u003cbr\u003e55. Runic Inscriptions from the Isle of Man \u003cbr\u003e56. Rollo Obtains Normandy from the King of the Franks \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: Austrveg: The Viking Road To The East \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57. The Ru¯s \u003cbr\u003e58. The Ru¯s Attack Constantinople\u003cbr\u003e59. On the Arrival of the Varangians\u003cbr\u003e60. A Muslim Diplomat Meets Ru¯ s Merchants on the Volga River \u003cbr\u003e61. River Routes to Constantinople \u003cbr\u003e62. A Norwegian Soldier of Fortune in the East \u003cbr\u003e63. Ru¯ s Expeditions to the Middle East \u003cbr\u003e64. The Yngvar Runestones \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: Into the Western Ocean: The Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e65. The Islands in the Northern Ocean, c. 825 \u003cbr\u003e66. Sailing Directions and Distances in the North Atlantic \u003cbr\u003e67. The Western Ocean \u003cbr\u003e68. Adam of Bremen on Iceland \u003cbr\u003e69. Icelandic Accounts of the Discovery and Settlement of Iceland \u003cbr\u003e(a) \u003cem\u003eThe Book of the Icelanders\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e(b) \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Settlements\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e70. Skallagrim\u0026amp;#x2019;s Land-Take in Iceland\u003cbr\u003e71. The Settlement of Greenland \u003cbr\u003e(a) \u003cem\u003eThe Book of the Icelanders\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e(b) \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Settlements\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e72. \u003cem\u003eThe King\u0026amp;#x2019;s Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e on Greenland \u003cbr\u003e73. Adam of Bremen on Vinland \u003cbr\u003e74. The Norse Discovery of Vinland \u003cbr\u003e75. Thorfin Karlsefni in Vinland \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven: Viking Life and Death \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e76. Advice for Sailors and Merchants \u003cbr\u003e77. Svein Asleifarson\u0026amp;#x2019;s Viking Life \u003cbr\u003e78. Children \u003cbr\u003e(a) Young Grettir Helps around the Farm \u003cbr\u003e(b) Children Mimic Adults\u003cbr\u003e(c) The Child is Mother of the Woman \u003cbr\u003e(d) Young Egil Plays for Keeps \u003cbr\u003e79. Games and Entertainment \u003cbr\u003e(a) A Horse-fight from \u003cem\u003eNjal\u0026amp;#x2019;s Saga \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(b) Skallagrim's Rough Play \u003cbr\u003e(c) Ball Games and Scraper-Games at Sand from Hord's Saga \u003cbr\u003e(d) Entertainment at a Wedding Feast at Reykjaholar from \u003cem\u003eThe Saga of Thorgils and Haflidi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(e ) Mock Lawsuits from \u003cem\u003eThe Saga of the People of Ljosavatn\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e80. The Jomsvikings Meet Their End  \u003cbr\u003e81. The Burning of Njal \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve: From Odin to Christ \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e82. Early Missions to the North: The Life of Saint Anskar \u003cbr\u003e83. The Conversion of the Danes under Harald Bluetooth \u003cbr\u003e84. Olaf Tryggvason and the Conversion of Norway \u003cbr\u003e85. A Poet Abandons the Old Gods\u003cbr\u003e86. The Christianization of Norway under Saint Olaf \u003cbr\u003e87. The Conversion of the Icelanders\u003cbr\u003e88. The Conversion of Greenland \u003cbr\u003e89. The Conversion of Orkney \u003cbr\u003e90. Christianity in Sweden \u003cbr\u003e91. Christianity and the Church in Norway\u003cbr\u003e92. The Travels of King Sigurd, Jerusalem-Farer \u003cbr\u003e93. The Journey of Abbot Nikolas Bergsson from Iceland to Jerusalem \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Thirteen: State-Building at Home and Abroad \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e94. Harald Finehair and the Unification of Norway \u003cbr\u003e95. Denmark: The Jelling Stone \u003cbr\u003e96. State-Making in Denmark: Unification and Expansion \u003cbr\u003e97. The Martyrdom of Alfeah (Saint Alphege) \u003cbr\u003e98. Knut the Great and the North Sea Empire\u003cbr\u003e99. The England Runestones \u003cbr\u003e100. The Earldom of Orkney at Its Zenith \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Fourteen: The End of the Viking Age \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101. The Battle of Clontarf, 1014 \u003cbr\u003e102. The Battle of Stamford Bridge, 1066 \u003cbr\u003e103. The Battle of Largs, 1263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Fifteen: Reawakening Angantýr, or Viking Revivals \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e104. The First Revival\u003cbr\u003e(a) Snorri Sturlson (1179-1241) and Norse Poetics\u003cbr\u003e(b) Saxo Grammaticus and Icelandic Sources\u003cbr\u003e105. Romantic Vikings\u003cbr\u003e(a) \u003cem\u003eThe Fatal Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e: An Ode, from the Norse Tongue\u003cbr\u003e(b) \u003cem\u003eThe Vegtam's\u003c\/em\u003e (Odin's) \u003cem\u003eKvitha\u003c\/em\u003e (poem); or \u003cem\u003eThe Descent of Odin\u003c\/em\u003e: An Ode, from the Norse Tongue\u003cbr\u003e106. Operatic Vikings: Richard Wagner (1818-1883), from \u003cem\u003eDas Rheingold\u003c\/em\u003e, Scene Two\u003cbr\u003e107. Aryan Anthropology: Vikings in Politics\u003cbr\u003e(a) Halfdan Bryn: Methodology\u003cbr\u003e(b) Hans F.K. Günther on Nordic Man\u003cbr\u003e(c) Alfred Rosenberg: Creative Men and Beautiful, Motherly Women\u003cbr\u003e108. The Gods Reborn\u003cbr\u003e(a) Carl Jung: \"Wotanism\"\u003cbr\u003e(b) Odin Lives\u003cbr\u003e(c) Odinism in America\u003cbr\u003e(d) Versions of Ásatrú\u003cbr\u003e(i) The Icelandic Forn Sed Norge \/ The Society of the Ancient Faith in Norway\u003cbr\u003e109. Plundering the Vikings, from \u003cem\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e110. The Vikings in the Courtroom of History: Terrorists, Tourists, Others\u003cbr\u003e(a) Savage Warriors\u003cbr\u003e(b) Piracy and Commerce\u003cbr\u003e(c) Intruders of a Recognizable Type?\u003cbr\u003e(d) Revisiting the Revisionists\u003cbr\u003e(e) The Viking Diaspora\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e111. 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