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The Viking wars : war and peace in King Alfred's Britain, 789-955, Max Adams

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A history of Britain in the violent and unruly era between the first Scandinavian raids in 789 and the final expulsion of the Vikings from York in 954. In 865, a great Viking army landed in East Anglia, precipitating a series of wars that would last until the middle of the following century. It was in this time of crisis that the modern kingdoms of Britain were born. In their responses to the Viking threat, these kingdoms forged their identities as hybrid cultures: vibrant and entrepreneurial peoples adapting to instability and opportunity. Traditionally, Alfred the Great is cast as the central player in the story of Viking Age Britain. But author Max Adams, while stressing the genius of Alfred as war leader, law-giver, and forger of the English nation, has a more nuanced narrative approach to this conventional version of history. The Britain encountered by the Scandinavians of the ninth and tenth centuries was one of regional diversity and self-conscious cultural identities, depicted in glorious narrative fashion in The Viking Wars
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eng
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Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Extent
xviii, 509 pages
Note
  • First published in England with the title Alfred's Britain: war and peace in the Viking age; London : Head of Zeus,Ê2017
  • Maps on lining-papers
Contents
  • Part I. The tiger in the smoke, 789-878. 1. Landscape with figures
  • 2. Central places
  • 3. The incoming tide
  • 4. The end of days
  • Part II. Newton's cradle, 879-918. 5. The balance of power
  • 6. Arrivals and departures
  • 7. Fragmentary annals
  • 8. Politics by other means
  • Part III. Going native, 919-955. 9. Innate affinities with ambiguity
  • 10. Lawyers, guns and money
  • 11. A house of cards
  • 12. The illusory prize
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9781681777979
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The Viking wars : war and peace in King Alfred's Britain, 789-955
Title
The Viking wars
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war and peace in King Alfred's Britain, 789-955
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Max Adams
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War and peace in King Alfred's Britain, 789-955
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war and peace in King Alfreds Britain, 789-955
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Language
eng
Summary
A history of Britain in the violent and unruly era between the first Scandinavian raids in 789 and the final expulsion of the Vikings from York in 954. In 865, a great Viking army landed in East Anglia, precipitating a series of wars that would last until the middle of the following century. It was in this time of crisis that the modern kingdoms of Britain were born. In their responses to the Viking threat, these kingdoms forged their identities as hybrid cultures: vibrant and entrepreneurial peoples adapting to instability and opportunity. Traditionally, Alfred the Great is cast as the central player in the story of Viking Age Britain. But author Max Adams, while stressing the genius of Alfred as war leader, law-giver, and forger of the English nation, has a more nuanced narrative approach to this conventional version of history. The Britain encountered by the Scandinavians of the ninth and tenth centuries was one of regional diversity and self-conscious cultural identities, depicted in glorious narrative fashion in The Viking Wars
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10688023
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1961-
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Adams, Max
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942.01/64
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • genealogical tables
Index
index present
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non fiction
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bibliography
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  • Alfred
  • Alfred
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
  • Vikings
  • HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066)
  • HISTORY / Europe / Medieval
  • HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia
  • Command of troops
  • Vikings
  • England
  • Great Britain
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war and peace in King Alfred's Britain, 789-955
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The Viking wars : war and peace in King Alfred's Britain, 789-955, Max Adams
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Note
  • First published in England with the title Alfred's Britain: war and peace in the Viking age; London : Head of Zeus,Ê2017
  • Maps on lining-papers
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-489) and index
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Contents
Part I. The tiger in the smoke, 789-878. 1. Landscape with figures -- 2. Central places -- 3. The incoming tide -- 4. The end of days -- Part II. Newton's cradle, 879-918. 5. The balance of power -- 6. Arrivals and departures -- 7. Fragmentary annals -- 8. Politics by other means -- Part III. Going native, 919-955. 9. Innate affinities with ambiguity -- 10. Lawyers, guns and money -- 11. A house of cards -- 12. The illusory prize
Control code
on1005691283
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Extent
xviii, 509 pages
Isbn
9781681777979
Media category
unmediated
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rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, genealogical tables
System control number
(OCoLC)1005691283
Label
The Viking wars : war and peace in King Alfred's Britain, 789-955, Max Adams
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • First published in England with the title Alfred's Britain: war and peace in the Viking age; London : Head of Zeus,Ê2017
  • Maps on lining-papers
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-489) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part I. The tiger in the smoke, 789-878. 1. Landscape with figures -- 2. Central places -- 3. The incoming tide -- 4. The end of days -- Part II. Newton's cradle, 879-918. 5. The balance of power -- 6. Arrivals and departures -- 7. Fragmentary annals -- 8. Politics by other means -- Part III. Going native, 919-955. 9. Innate affinities with ambiguity -- 10. Lawyers, guns and money -- 11. A house of cards -- 12. The illusory prize
Control code
on1005691283
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Extent
xviii, 509 pages
Isbn
9781681777979
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, genealogical tables
System control number
(OCoLC)1005691283

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