4,091円 Studies in Upplandic Runography is a detailed treatment of the runic inscriptions from the province of Uppland, Sweden, where runic art reached a high point in A.D. 1200 and where runic inscriptions are most numerous. Most of the runic monuments discussed are from the eleventh century, an importa...

10,612円 Guta Lag, the law of the independent island of Gotland, is one of the earliest laws of Scandinavia. The historical appendix to the law, Guta Saga, was written in the thirteenth or fourteenth century. Together, Guta Lag and its accompanying Saga provide an invaluable insight into the lives of the ...

2,303円 This book, the first in our Companions to Medieval Studies series, is a brief introduction to the history, culture, and religion of the Viking Age and provides an essential foundation for study of the period. The companion begins by defining the Viking Age and explores topics such as Viking socie...

500円 *Includes pictures of Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Explains each man's role in the Revolution and its aftermath. *Discusses the conspiracy theories surrounding Stalin's death and how Stalin came to power against Lenin's wishes.*Includes a bibliog...

661円 Paul Belloni du Chaillu (July 31, 1835 April 29, 1903) is best known for being an anthropologist who found the existence of gorillas and the Pygmys in central Africa, but he also researches the prehistory of Scandinavia, developing expertise on the Nordic people. Along the way, he eventually wrot...

164円 At the height of their power in the ninth and tenth centuries, the Vikings seemed invincible conquering, well-armed warriors whose ships were the ultimate in seafaring technology. From island bases near the deltas of major rivers, they used the waterways to scour the countryside, looting and burn...

3,582円 In this overview of the Baltic region from the Vikings to the European Union, Michael North presents the sea and the lands that surround it as a Nordic Mediterranean, a maritime zone of shared influence, with its own distinct patterns of trade, cultural exchange, and conflict. Covering over a tho...

10,280円 This book develops a number of new conceptual tools to tackle some of the most hotly debated issues concerning the nature of fascism, using three profoundly different national contexts in the inter-war years as case studies: Italy, Britain and Norway. It explores how fascist ideology was the resu...

330円 The story of the Thirty Years' War is too long to be treated in one volume. Fortunately it divides itself naturally into two parts. The first begins with the entry of Sweden, under her chivalrous monarch Gustavus Adolphus, upon the struggle, and terminates with his death and that of his great riv...

600円 Greta Nissen was a lovely Norwegian beauty with fair skin and enchanting blue eyes. Her mother started her out early in dancing and ballet. When the girl was just six years of age she entered the Royal Opera of Copenhagen where she acquired additional training. In 1924 Greta came to the United St...

10,280円 Completely updated to include important primary research, archaeological findings and debates from the last decade, this third edition of F. Donald Logan's successful book examines the Vikings and their critical role in history. The author uses archaeological, literary and historical evidence to ...

13,530円 Scandinavia, a land mass comprising the modern countries of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, was the last part of Europe to be inhabited by humans. Not until the end of the last Ice Age when the melting of huge ice sheets left behind a fresh, barren land surface, about 13,000 BC, did the first humans...