History With Hilbert | Who are the "Forgotten Vikings?" - Interview with Author Alex Harvey @historywithhilbert | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
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The Viking Age, often dated 793-1066, is often portrayed in familiar ways in the history books. Small raids on island monasteries lead to bigger armies, expansion across the North Atlantic followed by Christianisation and Hastings tying it off with a nice bow.
But now, a new book takes a fresh look at this period, avoiding the stereotypes and the much trodden ground, and instead looks at the forgotten Vikings, the overlooked corners of the Viking Age. As Amberley describes it:
'Forgotten Vikings provides a chronological overview of the Viking Age (793–1066) and quite a lot of history either side of these arbitrary dates. Arbitrary? This book aims to explore the phenomenon of ‘the Vikings’ from new angles, forged out of recent academic breakthroughs largely unexplored in popular history books; the Viking Age viewed as a longer, discrete period from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries.
Focusing on lesser-known aspects of the period, Alex Harvey taps into more obscure regions of the world these people visited, more obscure characters, and more obscure cultural elements. Examples include the evidence for viking activity on the Azores and Madeira, thirteenth-century Baltic raids, and the presence of viking armies in the Netherlands long before they became a threat to England.
Offering unfamiliar perspectives, Forgotten Vikings will change the way you see these often misunderstood people, and unearth a forgotten history.'
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Order "Forgotten Vikings" today:
amberley-books.com/discover-books/forgotten-vikings.html
The Viking Age, often dated 793-1066, is often portrayed in familiar ways in the history books. Small raids on island monasteries lead to bigger armies, expansion across the North Atlantic followed by Christianisation and Hastings tying it off with a nice bow.
But now, a new book takes a fresh look at this period, avoiding the stereotypes and the much trodden ground, and instead looks at the forgotten Vikings, the overlooked corners of the Viking Age. As Amberley describes it:
'Forgotten Vikings provides a chronological overview of the Viking Age (793–1066) and quite a lot of history either side of these arbitrary dates. Arbitrary? This book aims to explore the phenomenon of ‘the Vikings’ from new angles, forged out of recent academic breakthroughs largely unexplored in popular history books; the Viking Age viewed as a longer, discrete period from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries.
Focusing on lesser-known aspects of the period, Alex Harvey taps into more obscure regions of the world these people visited, more obscure characters, and more obscure cultural elements. Examples include the evidence for viking activity on the Azores and Madeira, thirteenth-century Baltic raids, and the presence of viking armies in the Netherlands long before they became a threat to England.
Offering unfamiliar perspectives, Forgotten Vikings will change the way you see these often misunderstood people, and unearth a forgotten history.'
Raid the Merch Market:
teespring.com/en-GB/stores/history-with-hilberts-market
Go Fund My Windmills (Patreon):
patreon.com/HistorywithHilbert
Join in the Banter on Twitter:
twitter.com/HistorywHilbert
Enter the Fray on Facebook:
facebook.com/HistorywHilbert
Indulge in some Instagram..?(the alliteration needs to stop):
instagram.com/historywithhilbert
Send me an email if you'd be interested in doing a collaboration! historywithhilbert@gmail.com
#Viking #History #interestingfacts
