{"product_id":"children-of-ash-and-elm-a-history-of-the-vikings-1","title":"Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive history of the Vikings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom arts and culture to politics and cosmology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eby a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertise\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Viking Age--from 750 to 1050--saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe. But for centuries, the Vikings have been seen through the eyes of others, distorted to suit the tastes of medieval clerics and Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian imperialists, Nazis, and more. None of these appropriations capture the real Vikings, or the richness and sophistication of their culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, \u003ci\u003eChildren of Ash and Elm\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology and religion, their material world. Known today for a stereotype of maritime violence, the Vikings exported new ideas, technologies, beliefs, and practices to the lands they discovered and the peoples they encountered, and in the process were themselves changed. From Eirík Bloodaxe, who fought his way to a kingdom, to Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the most traveled woman in the world, \u003ci\u003eChildren of Ash and Elm\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive history of the Vikings and their time.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984273015015,"sku":"9780465096985","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_c366932e-fa31-4996-bcf6-3f51f3dcb7c1.jpg?v=1776315513","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/children-of-ash-and-elm-a-history-of-the-vikings-1","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}