Author: Bekker-Nielsen, Hans ; Foote,Peter ; & Olsen, Olaf ; editors:
Title: Proceedings of the Eighth Viking Congress, Århus, 24-31 August 1977
Description: Odense, Odense University Press, 1981. orig. cloth. 24x16cm, 294 pp. Series: Mediaeval Scandinavia, Supplements, vol. 2.. Textual photos, maps & plans. ISBN: 8774923390. Minor rubbing. Light binding corner bump. Bookplate. VG. ¶ Contains 23 papers, all in English. Includes: Was Vinland in Newfoundland? The historical context of the first towns in northern and eastern Europe; Birka- a planted town serving an increasing agricultural population; Viking age villages and manors in Denmark: Recent discoveries; Mints in Viking-Age Scandinavia; Aspects of Viking Dublin; Crucifixion iconography in Viking Scandinavia; Anglo-Saxom saints in Old Norse sources and vice- versa; Aggersborg in the Viking Age; Scandinavian settlement in the Dalelaw in the light of place names of Denmark, The palimpsest of Viking settlement on Man, Names of lakes on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides; On the development of Faroese settlements; etc.

Keywords: 8774923390 Medieval Scandinavia, Vikings, Scandiavian, Historiography, History, Viking Archaeology, Archeology, ,