Offering visual information, this book teaches students whether they want to know how viking women applied for a divorce or what was on the menu at a feast.
Far from being just 'wild, barbaric, axe-wielding pirates', the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia and made a major impact on European history through trade, travel and far-flung consolidation. This study brings together the research on Viking art, burial customs, jewellery, and kingship.