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Embers of the hands : hidden histories of the Viking Age / Eleanor Barraclough.
In imagining a Viking, a certain image springs to mind: a barbaric warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorize the hapless local population of a northern European town. Yet while such characters define our imagination of the Viking Age today, they were in the minority. Instead, in the time-stopping soils, water, and ice of the North, Eleanor Barraclough excavates a preserved lost world, one that reimagines a misunderstood society. By examining artifacts of the past -- remnants of wooden gaming boards, elegant antler combs, doodles by imaginative children and bored teenagers, and runes that reveal hidden loves, furious curses, and drunken spouses summoned home from the pub -- Barraclough illuminates life in the medieval Nordic world as not just a world of rampaging warriors, but as full of globally networked people with recognizable concerns." -- From dust jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781324089230
- ISBN: 1324089237
- Physical Description: 373 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Kindling -- Beginnings -- Love -- Travel -- Belief -- Bodies -- Home -- Play -- Unfreedom -- Endings. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Vikings > History. Northmen > History. Civilization, Viking. Vikings > Social life and customs. Scandinavia > History > To 1397. |
| Genre: | Informational works. Illustrated works. |
Available copies
- 6 of 10 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 2 of 3 copies available at Jefferson County.
Holds
- 4 current holds with 10 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County Library-Arnold | 948.022 BARRACLO (Text) | 30061100384979 | New Books | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Northwest | 948.022 BARRACLO (Text) | 30051100384988 | New Books | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Windsor | 948.022 BARRACLO (Text) | 30065100384996 | New Books | Checked out | 04/08/2025 |
