TY - BOOK N2 - From Finland to Newfoundland and Jelling to Jerusalem, follow in the wake of the Vikings -- a transformative story of a people that begins with paganism and ends in Christendom. Focusing on key events, including the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 and the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, medieval history expert John Haywood recounts the saga of the Viking Age, from the creation of the world through to the dwindling years of halfhearted raids and elegiac storytelling in the thirteenth century. AB - From Finland to Newfoundland and Jelling to Jerusalem, follow in the wake of the Vikings -- a transformative story of a people that begins with paganism and ends in Christendom. Focusing on key events, including the sack of Lindisfarne in 793 and the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066, medieval history expert John Haywood recounts the saga of the Viking Age, from the creation of the world through to the dwindling years of halfhearted raids and elegiac storytelling in the thirteenth century. T1 - Northmen :the Viking saga, AD 793-1241 / AU - Haywood, John, ET - First U.S. edition. CN - DL65 CN - DL65 N1 - "First published in Great Britain by Head of Zeus Ltd"--Title page verso. ID - 806163 KW - Vikings KW - Northmen KW - Civilization, Viking. SN - 9781250106148 SN - 1250106141 TI - Northmen :the Viking saga, AD 793-1241 / ER -