- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Kyle Cathie (30 Jun 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1856260925
- ISBN-13: 978-1856260923
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.4 x 2.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,924,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Published to mark the 1200th anniversary of the first Viking raid, on Lindisfarne in 793 AD, this book sets out to reveal the Viking onslaught from the viewpoint of those who felt its might. It offers an evocation of the last years of the 8th century, as the holy places which had been the great civilizing force of early-medieval Europe became doomed. The raid on Lindisfarne, followed by those on the Tyne, on Iona and on the Irish coastline, showed the holy men the strength and greed of the Northern raiders, as detailed in contemporary documents. The author also wrote "Northanhymbre Saga", a history of the kings of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria.
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3 Aug 2011
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I will be brief as this is not a book on every history or hagiography fan's shortlist.
The truth is that I bought this book of a Barnes & Noble discount/bargain shelf years ago, but it so affected me that it is one of the few in my collection I have read multiple times.
To my understanding the author is not famous in the USA, but he should be. His research is detailed, thorough, and complete on the topic, but the text is anything but boring to me. it unfolds slowly like a serial made for a sophisticated audience. I find much in this work to feed my other interests in primitive western christian history. For those interested in patristics or hagiography there is a lot of unheralded meat here. It is, on the whole, one of the most rewarding and informative of such works that I have read. My whole concept of the "viking" raids, the seachange in the western world as a result of such, and the heroism of the times - all have been reshaped to some extent by Marsden's skillful work here.
The truth is that I bought this book of a Barnes & Noble discount/bargain shelf years ago, but it so affected me that it is one of the few in my collection I have read multiple times.
To my understanding the author is not famous in the USA, but he should be. His research is detailed, thorough, and complete on the topic, but the text is anything but boring to me. it unfolds slowly like a serial made for a sophisticated audience. I find much in this work to feed my other interests in primitive western christian history. For those interested in patristics or hagiography there is a lot of unheralded meat here. It is, on the whole, one of the most rewarding and informative of such works that I have read. My whole concept of the "viking" raids, the seachange in the western world as a result of such, and the heroism of the times - all have been reshaped to some extent by Marsden's skillful work here.
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