Overview
This book explores 11 popular misconceptions about the Vikings. Each chapter looks at a particular misconception, examines how it became popular, discusses what we now believe to be the truth, and provides excerpts from primary source documents. * Examines popular misconceptions about the Vikings * Discusses how misconceptions became popular, providing historical truths contradicting the fictions * Provides excerpts from primary source documents to help readers to understand the transmission of the fictions and to provide evidence for the historical truths * Directs readers to additional print and electronic resources on the Vikings in suggestions for further reading
- | Author: Kirsten Wolf|Tristan Mueller-Vollmer
- | Publisher: ABC-CLIO
- | Publication Date: Sep 30, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 200 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/History
- | ISBN-10: 1440862982
- | ISBN-13: 9781440862984