The Norsemen in the Viking Saga

This history of the Nordic peoples in the period 750-1050 focuses on their homelands and colonies, demonstrating the fluidity and incoherence of the world in which they lived.
# Considers the Nordic peoples in Viking times without undue recourse to developmental theories.
# Guides readers through some of the scholarly controversies surrounding these peoples.
# Illustrated by reference to runic, poetic and archaeological evidence.

Vikings: Roleplaying in the World of the Norsemen (Roleplaying Game)

"From the fury of the Norsemen, oh Lord, deliver us!" So prayed the Irish monks.

To the victims of a Viking raid, the Norsemen were bearded giants with bloody axes. But the Viking was much more – a skilled navigator, a brave explorer, a hard-working trader. A dreamer whose songs and stories live even today. And a Viking was a free man – a man to whom honor and reputation were more important than life itself.