{"product_id":"9780241611333-crossing-midgard","title":"The Sea-King and the Sorceress","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife and Death in the Viking Age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho do we think of when we think about the Vikings? Most of us are familiar with the seafaring marauders who raided, traded and settled the coasts of Europe between the eighth and eleventh centuries. In fact, those warriors made up only a small minority among a diverse people who had many roles and callings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this eye-opening and often moving book, Neil Price takes us on a journey across the Viking world, revealing the complex, varied and richly textured lives of those who inhabited it through the intimate context of their burials. Traversing a vast Scandinavian diaspora that stretched from the eastern Steppe all the way to Newfoundland, we meet townsfolk and farmers, the free and the enslaved, immigrants and diplomats, followers of many gods and the worshippers of one, sea-kings, shamans, sorceresses, and – of course – the ferocious pirates who gave the \u003ci\u003evíkingar\u003c\/i\u003e their name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnexpected encounters along the way challenge received wisdom about Norse culture, spiritual practices and politics, showing how they transformed their times and in doing so were changed themselves. How did a woman of Persian ancestry come to be interred in the richest Viking grave ever found? What do an arctic hunter and a Sámi nomad tell us about a fast-changing society’s notions of identity and belonging? How did these individuals see themselves, and what were their attitudes towards the elderly, infirm and children in their midst?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the latest archaeological research and scientific analysis, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea-King and the Sorceress\u003c\/i\u003e brings us closer to understanding the lives and times of the Vikings. The era that bears their name will never seem so simple again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55125703131510,"sku":"9780241611333","price":20.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40380590.jpg?v=1773885713","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241611333-crossing-midgard","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}