6/22/2023 0 Comments Roesdahl the vikings![]() This overview is helpful, as it immediately establishes Roesdahl as an expert on her subject and also diminishes any concerns around speculation or fictive aspirations. The Vikings starts out with a brief preface, two busy maps, and a short introduction before digging into a basic overview of the discipline’s sources. ![]() ![]() Originally published in Denmark in 1987, this third edition is dryly and unambitiously assembled, though the author’s engagement with her field is second to none. Else Roesdahl’s The Vikings over-delivers in terms of authorial knowledge, yet doesn’t entirely succeed in terms delivering said knowledge in a page-turning manner. ![]() The writing of history for popular consumption is a painstaking process that requires both an incredible knowledge of the subject an author is approaching yet also a deft hand in relaying the nuances of that subject in an entertaining manner. ![]()
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