The last apocalypse : Europe at the year 1000 A.D. / James Reston, Jr.
1998
940.1 R436l 1998
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Title
The last apocalypse : Europe at the year 1000 A.D. / James Reston, Jr.
Author
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0385483260
9780385483261
0385483368
9780385483360
9780385483261
0385483368
9780385483360
Imprint
New York : Doubleday, c1998.
Language
English
Description
299 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
940.1 R436l 1998
System Control No.
(OCoLC)36817248
(OCoLC)36817248
(OCoLC)36817248
Summary
With the turn of the century approaching, talk of the apocalypse ran rampant. In The Last Apocalypse, James Reston reminds us that such talk is nothing new. At the previous turn of the millennium, Vikings, Moors, and Hungarian Magyars besieged Europe with wanton cruelty and violence, spreading fear and destruction wherever they went and leading many to believe that the end of the world was near. Such colorful characters as Sigrid the Haughty, Svein Forkbeard, Ethelred the Unready, and Al-Mansor the Illustrious Victor were the heroes and villains of the era.
Note
With the turn of the century approaching, talk of the apocalypse ran rampant. In The Last Apocalypse, James Reston reminds us that such talk is nothing new. At the previous turn of the millennium, Vikings, Moors, and Hungarian Magyars besieged Europe with wanton cruelty and violence, spreading fear and destruction wherever they went and leading many to believe that the end of the world was near. Such colorful characters as Sigrid the Haughty, Svein Forkbeard, Ethelred the Unready, and Al-Mansor the Illustrious Victor were the heroes and villains of the era.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-287) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Prologue: The Battle of Maldon
King Olaf Trygvesson
Thorgeir the Lawspeaker
- Queen Sigrid the Strong-Minded
Svein Forkbeard versus Ethelred the Unready
Armageddon at sea
Al Mansour, the Avenging Moor
Little Sancho and Sancho the Great
Forty thousand horsemen of the Apocalpse
Vajk the Saint
Gerbert the Wizard
Theophano, almost purple-born
Otto the Dreamer
Epilogue: December 31, 999 A.D.
King Olaf Trygvesson
Thorgeir the Lawspeaker
- Queen Sigrid the Strong-Minded
Svein Forkbeard versus Ethelred the Unready
Armageddon at sea
Al Mansour, the Avenging Moor
Little Sancho and Sancho the Great
Forty thousand horsemen of the Apocalpse
Vajk the Saint
Gerbert the Wizard
Theophano, almost purple-born
Otto the Dreamer
Epilogue: December 31, 999 A.D.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Reston, James, 1941- Last apocalypse. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c1998
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