Книга Silver Changed Hands Faster Than Kingdoms Could Defend Them Finnian Ash

Silver Changed Hands Faster Than Kingdoms Could Defend Them

Monastic raids and slave markets during the economic expansion of the Viking world.DE

Автор: Finnian Ash
Език: Английски език
Корици: С меки корици
Издател: epubli
Наличност: Налично при издателя, по поръчка
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Viking raids were driven by more than violence alone. Behind attacks on monasteries and coastal sett...

Информация за книгата

Автор
Език
Английски език
Корици
Книга - С меки корици
Издадена
2026
страници
212
EAN
9783565478712
Enbook ID
52824602
Издател
Теглоt
652
Размери
210 x 297 x 12

Пълно описание

Viking raids were driven by more than violence alone. Behind attacks on monasteries and coastal settlements stood economic systems shaped by clan competition, trade ambition, and access to one of medieval Europe's most profitable commodities: human labor.This account explores the social and economic foundations of Viking expansion. Scandinavian elites strengthened status and political influence through wealth acquired in raiding expeditions, tribute extraction, and international trade. Captives taken during attacks entered slave networks extending from the British Isles to the Islamic world and eastern Europe.The book also examines how decentralized clan structures encouraged overseas ventures. Younger warriors sought land, silver, and social advancement unavailable within limited Scandinavian agricultural systems. Economic opportunity and political fragmentation together sustained repeated waves of maritime aggression and commercial exchange.The Viking world emerges here as a dynamic economy of mobility where warfare, trade, and slavery formed interconnected parts of a rapidly expanding northern network.