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Adams, Max, 1961-
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Alfred, King of England, 849-899 -- Military leadership.
Vikings -- Warfare -- England.
Great Britain -- History -- Alfred, 871-899.
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 449-1066.
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Adams, Max, 1961-
Alfred, King of England, 849-899 -- Military leadership.
Vikings -- Warfare -- England.
Great Britain -- History -- Alfred, 871-899.
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 449-1066.
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The
Viking
wars
:
war
and
peace
in
King
Alfred
's
Britain
,
789-955
/ Max Adams.
by
Adams, Max, 1961-
Pegasus Books, 2018.
Call #:
942.0164 A215v
Subjects
Alfred
,
King
of England, 849-899 -- Military leadership.
Vikings -- Warfare -- England.
Great
Britain
-- History --
Alfred
, 871-899.
Great
Britain
-- History, Military -- 449-1066.
ISBN:
9781681777979 (hc.)
Edition:
1st Pegasus Books hardcover ed.
Description:
xviii, 509 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-489) and index.
Summary:
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 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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942.0164 A215v
Core Collection - Adult
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