Summary
"The Viking Age--between 750 and 1050--saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North America and the Asian steppe. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and... Full description
- Prologue: Driftwood
- Introduction: Ancestors and inheritors
- The making of Midgard. The home of their shapes ; Age of winds, age of wolves ; The social network ; The pursuit of liberty ; Border crossings ; The performance of power ; Meeting the others ; Dealing with the dead
- The Viking phenomenon. Inroads ; Maritoria ; Warriorhoods ; Hydrachy ; Diaspora
- New worlds, new nations. The golden age of the sheep farmer ; Silver, slaves, and silk ; The experiments of monarchy ; Lands of fire and vines ; The many ends of the Viking Age
- Epilogue: Games.