An impression of everyday life in a Viking settlement and reconstructed Viking houses in the open-air museum "Ribe Vikingecenter" in Ribe, Denmark. Photos: Sabine Kaufmann, Speyer
Companion Book for the exhibition, “The Vikings”
An all-inclusive publication, with contributions from noted scholars on the archaeology, history and culture of the Vikings, accompanies the exhibition.
On the one hand, the book portrays the principal elements of the exhibition; on the other, it goes beyond the exhibition by introducing additional subjects based on these elements.
The book offers readers with and without prior knowledge of the Vikings an exciting and scientifically rigorous glimpse into their world.
Table of Contents:
- Ship construction and methods of navigation
- Social order and position of women
- Gods, myths and Christianization
- Grave and burial Customs
- Viking life in their regions of origin
- Swedish expansion eastward – Kievan Russia
- Vikings in England, Ireland and Scotland
- Vikings in the Franconian Empire and in the Rhineland
- A new country in the northwest and the discovery of America
- The Duchy of Normandy
Photo: Historisches Museum der Pfalz
“The Vikings”
Published by the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, Speyer.
304 pages with about 350 color illustrations.
Available in December 2008 in the Minerva edition, Wolfratshausen.
Obtainable for 24,90 € in the Museum Shop or by mail for an additional 6,90 € shipping charge.
Further Information
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