Daily Life of the Vikings

214 Pages·2004·14.028 MB·English

by  Kirsten Wolf

DAILY LIFE OF
THE
VIKINGS
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DAILY LIFE OF
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VIKINGS
KIRSTEN WOLF
The Greenwood Press "Daily Life Through History" Series
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wolf, Kirsten, 1959-
Daily life of the Vikings / Kirsten Wolf.
p. cm. — (Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series, ISSN
1080-4749)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-313-32269-4
1. Vikings. 2. Civilization, Viking. I. Title. II. Series.
DL65.73 2004
948'.022—dc22 2004015184
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Copyright © 2004 by Kirsten Wolf
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2004015184
ISBN: 0-313-32269-4
ISSN: 1080-4749
First published in 2004
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Copyright Acknowledgments
The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission for use of the
following material:
Excerpts from R.I. Page, Chronicles of the Vikings. Toronto, Canada: University of
Toronto Press, 1995. Reprinted with permission.
Excerpts from Adam of Bremen, History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen,
translated by Francis J. Tschan. New York: Columbia University Press, © 1959.
Reprinted with permission.
Poetic excerpts from "Poetry and its changing importance in medieval Icelandic
culture," published in Old Icelandic Literature and Society, edited by Margaret
Clunies Ross. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. 42. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2000. Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University
Press.
Every reasonable effort has been made to trace the owners of copyright materials
in this book, but in some instances this has proven impossible. The author and
publisher will be glad to receive information leading to more complete acknowl­
edgments in subsequent printings of the book and in the meantime extend their
apologies for any omissions.
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