Kings and Vikings by Peter H. Sawyer

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Professor Sawyer offers some new interpretations of the development of Scandinavian society and history of the Christian conversion.

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Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
DDC/MDS: 940.04395 — History & geography History of Europe History of Europe Standard subdivisions Ethnic and national groups
LCC: DL65 .S254 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Northern Europe. Scandinavia History of Northern Europe. Scandinavia History By period Earliest to 1387. Scandinavian Empire. Northmen.
BISAC: HIS HISTORY General

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