Age of Wolf and Wind

Age of Wolf and Wind
Author: Davide Zori
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2024
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0190916060

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Age of Wolf and Wind provides a new introduction to the Viking Age that capitalizes on recent archaeological discoveries and breakthroughs in the application of analytical techniques from the natural sciences. Author Davide Zori, an interdisciplinary archaeologist with fieldwork experience across the Viking world, delves into key questions of the Viking Age, such as the motivations of Scandinavians to board open wooden ships to raid England and cross the North Atlantic in search of new worlds beyond Europe. Each chapter offers new conclusions about the Vikings--their views on death, their raiding tactics, their laving feasts, their forging of powerful medieval states--by juxtaposing evidence from written texts, archaeology, and new scientific analyses.

Wind Age, Wolf Age

Wind Age, Wolf Age
Author: Hugh Crago
Publisher: Ginninderra Press
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2017-12
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9781760414610

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The earliest poems I produced were fierce jabs at the many things that irritated me about the world in which I now lived. Some of them have survived in the section of this volume that I've called Aspirational Lifestyles. Others (Nacht und Nebel) were responses to the harsh beauty of the upper Blue Mountains, where my wife and I have lived for the past seventeen years. An increasing number (Dream Country) took their inspiration from the cinema of the unconscious (I sometimes wake from dreams with intriguing images, and a line or two that later turns into a poem). But most of all, I found myself writing about old age (Towards Winter). It's not a popular subject for writers generally, nor is it likely to find a wide audience among younger readers, who are understandably reluctant to look too closely at what is to come.

A Wind Age

A Wind Age
Author: Miss Delaney Carpenter
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2010-08-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1445764490

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Set on the historical backdrop of the Middle Ages at the turn of the first millennium, begins the Sarcian Legacy and the telling of the Sybil Prophecy.Her parents murdered and herself sold into slavery by a violent and cruel baron, Princess Andrea travels through Europe with the Viking horde led by the dark and heroic Sveinn Sumarlithr. Michel’s only calling in life is to be a physician but his father, the callous Duke Gervaise, abhors the medicine men and seeks to quell his youngest son’s aspirations. Fleeing from his father, Michel makes his way across the West Frankish Kingdom, fulfilling his dream while running for his life.When his village is ravaged by Vikings, Rhys is kidnapped and taken back to their homeland where he is adopted by his captor and taught the life of a Viking warrior.Through daring escapes and savage battles, Andrea, Michel and Rhys find each other and a common goal leads them to discover the place they can all call home: Sarcia.

A Wolf Age

A Wolf Age
Author: Delaney Carpenter
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2010-11-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1446149234

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A prophecy foretelling the coming of the Princess of the Ages and the Age of the Wolf starts this tale of Maeve Muadhnait, youngest daughter of Rhys and Andrea, king and queen of Sarcia.Growing up amidst boys and running wild in the forests, young Maeve discovers an ambition of hers to become one of the greatest warriors of her time and uncovers a painful and burdensome gift of the Sight.Through trial and error, she masters her skills and follows the visions of a Christendom torn apart by possibly the greatest evil the world has faced. Uniting the kingdoms throughout Europe and the Rus, Maeve battles the sinister Wolf and her own demons.Fraught with danger and secrecy, A Wolf Age is one of the greatest adventures of the Sarcian Legacy and the third book in the enthralling and exciting Sybil Prophecy series.

The Wolf Age

The Wolf Age
Author: Tore Skeie
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2022-11-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1782278354

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“Skeie’s account of ruthless conflict, political intrigue, and diplomatic machinations reads like a real-life Game of Thrones—without the dragons. Medieval history buffs will be riveted.” --Publishers Weekly Thrilling history provides a new perspective on the Viking-Anglo Saxon conflicts and brings the bloody period vividly to life, perfect for fans of Dan Jones The first major book on Vikings by a Scandinavian author to be published in English, The Wolf Age reframes the struggle for a North Sea empire and puts readers in the mindset of Vikings, providing new insight into their goals, values, and what they chose to live and die for. Tore Skeie ("Norway's Most Important Young Historian") takes readers on a thrilling journey through the bloody shared history of England and Scandinavia, and on across early medieval Europe, from the wild Norwegian fjords to the wealthy cities of Muslim Andalusia. Warfare, plotting, backstabbing and bribery abound as Skeie skillfully weaves sagas and skaldic poetry with breathless dramatization as he entertainingly brings the world of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons to vivid life. In the eleventh century, the rulers of the lands surrounding the North Sea are all hungry for power. To get power they need soldiers, to get soldiers they need silver, and to get silver there is no better way than war and plunder. This vicious cycle draws all the lands of the north into a brutal struggle for supremacy and survival that will shatter kingdoms and forge an empire…

The Gods of Our Fathers

The Gods of Our Fathers
Author: Herman Isidore Stern
Publisher:
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1898
Genre: Mythology, Norse
ISBN:

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The Age of the Vikings

The Age of the Vikings
Author: Anders Winroth
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2014-09-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1400851904

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A major reassessment of the vikings and their legacy The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and traveled far from their homelands in swift and sturdy ships to explore. The Age of the Vikings tells the full story of this exciting period in history. Drawing on a wealth of written, visual, and archaeological evidence, Anders Winroth captures the innovation and pure daring of the Vikings without glossing over their destructive heritage. He not only explains the Viking attacks, but also looks at Viking endeavors in commerce, politics, discovery, and colonization, and reveals how Viking arts, literature, and religious thought evolved in ways unequaled in the rest of Europe. The Age of the Vikings sheds new light on the complex society, culture, and legacy of these legendary seafarers.

The Vikings and the Victorians

The Vikings and the Victorians
Author: Andrew Wawn
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 0859916448

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Andrew Wawn draws together a wide range of source material, including novels, poems, lectures and periodicals, to give a comprehensive account of the construction and translation of the Viking age in 19th century Britain.

Lure

Lure
Author: Lure
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2010-12-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1456719297

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Cara Cahill has been trying to avoid her special gift since she was a child and realized she was different from everyone else. Born in Ireland to a mortal Mother and an incubus Father, Cara was bestowed with a special ability to sense the Supernatural beings around her by their colourful auras. Her gift soon became a curse as she realized that all the beings she could sense were drawn to her, whether she liked it or not. Now a grown woman, traveling around the Irish countryside with a runaway faerie and a disgruntled leprechaun, Cara discovers an unlikely group of Supernaturals who are on the hunt for her. When they are inevitably drawn to her she is forced into an uneasy alliance with three werewolves and two vampires. They believe that a recent earthquake that was followed by a raven's eerie cry was the first sign of Ragnarok; the end of the world. The ancient Norse god, Loke, has been released from his imprisonment in the underworld and is biding his time while his army of demons and giants gathers and awaits the final war to be waged. Cara scrambles to uncover the reason why an ancient god is so interested in finding her while keeping her apprehensive team of misfits working together, fighting off demon attacks, avoiding hostile supernatural encounters and protecting her heart from a vampire who is the only supernatural being she has ever come across who cant feel her lure and seems able to break through all of her defenses. All before the destined battle that spells the end of mankind and decides the fate of the world.