Compact disc. Title from container. Lecture given by Michael D.C. Drout. Release date supplied by publisher. Recording originally produced by Crescite Group, LLC, p2012. In container (17 cm.). "8 lectures"--Container.
Contents:
The Norsemen: beyond their fury -- Their palce on the "orb of the world, where men dwell" -- They didn't wear horns on their helmets: Norse religion and mythology -- "The living man gets the cow": Eddiac poetry -- "The curving branches of skulls": Skaldic poetry -- How to read a saga: Hrafnkell's Saga and others -- The world's first poet/serial killer: Sagas of kings and great men -- Their sublime archievement: the Icelandic family sagas.
Summary:
Professor Michael D.C. Drout immerses listeners in the extraordinary legacy of Viking civilization that developed in what is now Scandinavia during the Middle Ages, exploring how these peoples conquered all of Northern Europe, traveled as far as Byzantium in the East and North America in the West, and left a literary legacy that includes numerous works studied and enjoyed to this day.
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