The Real Vikings [antikvár]

Who WeR€ th€ Vikings? t is June 8 in A.D. 793. Light is dawning on the tiny island of Lindisfarne, off the northeast coast of England, jlonks of the island's monastery awaken clangor of the chapel's bells. Some peek out to look at the sea from behind the thick monastery walls. They watch carefully as a cluster of black-hulled ships slowly advances toward shore. As the ships draw closer, the monks see perhaps a hundred men in each ship. Some of the men are pulling hard on long, heavy oars. Standing tall between the seated rowers are husky warriors, some with their faces hidden behind tight, shiny helmets. One after another, the ships noisily scrape onto the rocky beach. The fighters tumble over the sides of the ships and rush forward, wildly swinging their swords and battle-axes above their heads. With loud whoops and hollers, the invaders storm into the monastery and fall upon the frightened monks. Some monks flee and hide. Others dash into the church. The frenzied Viking attackers catch many of the religious men—and slaughter them. The rest the Vikings drive to their deaths in the sea or bind up to be taken away as slaves. Not yet done, the raiders loot the church, carrying off large gold crosses and precious candlesticks. They rip silken cloths from the walls and pull wooden statues from their bases. Lustily singing and laughing, the Vikings race down the beach, pile the slaves and treasure into their ships, and sail away. ost of what we know of the Lindisfarne raid comes from the , Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, written unknown author about a hundred iter the event. Scholars generally consider this attack on Lindisfarne to be the start of the Viking Age. Over the following three centuries. Vikings from Scandinavia— Raiders advance with upraised swords and battie-axes in this memorial gravestone from the tenth century, which depicts the Vil

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Cím: The Real Vikings [antikvár]

Szerző: Gilda Berger Melvin Berger

Kiadó: National Geographic Society

Kötés: Ragasztott kemény papírkötés

ISBN: 0792251326

Méret: 240 mm x 280 mm

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