Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age: The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse

by Judith Jesch

A critical survey of the vocabulary of Viking ships and their crews, of fleets and sailing and battles at sea, based on the runic and skaldic evidence from c.950-1100, and studied within the context of Viking activity in the period.

The Vikings were the master mariners and ship-builders of the middle ages: their success depended on these skills. Spectacular archaeological finds of whole or partial ships, from burial mounds or dredged from harbours,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851158269
• ISBN13: 9780851158266
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"