The Norsemen : Vikings and Their Culture

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Call Number: BOCD 839.63 Dr
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 6-week checkout	BOCD 839.63 Dr	6-week checkout	On Shelf

Compact discs.
"8 lectures"--Container.
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.
Lecture given by Michael D.C. Drout.
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.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Fascinating lectures submitted by terpsichore17 on July 16, 2018, 1:00pm Drout's lectures are marbled with humor and a healthy bit of skepticism. Fascinating to listen to, if a bit more tangled where the sagas are concerned.