{"product_id":"beowulf-and-the-north-before-tom-shippey-9781802700138","title":"Beowulf and the North Before the Vikings","description":"\u003cp\u003eEver since Tolkien's famous lecture in 1936, it has been generally accepted that the poem \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e is a fantasy, and of no use as a witness to real history. This book challenges that view, and argues that the poem provides a plausible, detailed, and consistent vision of pre-Viking history which is most unlikely to have been the poet's invention, and which has moreover received strong corroboration from archaeology in recent years. Using the poem as a starting point, historical, archaeological, and legendary sources are combined to form a picture of events in the North in the fifth and sixth centuries: at once a Dark and a Heroic Age, and the time of the formation of nations. Among other things, this helps answer two long-unasked questions: why did the Vikings come as such a shock? And what caused the previous 250 years of security from raiders from the sea?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Shippey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1802700137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781802700138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ARC Humanities Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Tom Shippey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074895769855,"sku":"9781802700138","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a6d4b97-32cc-4748-aabc-7ff05ddf913c.jpg?v=1685456403","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beowulf-and-the-north-before-tom-shippey-9781802700138","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}