Jesse L. Byock

The popular image of the Viking Age is a time of warlords and marauding bands pillaging their way along the shores of Northern Europe. This was a unique time in history, which has long perplexed historians and archaeologists, and which provides us today with fundamental insights into sometimes forgotten aspects of western society. By interweaving his own original and innovative research with masterly interpretations of the Old Icelandic sagas, Jesse...