Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the VikingsThe definitive history of the Vikings from arts and culture to politics and cosmology by a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertise The Viking Age from 750 to 1050 saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe. But for centuries, the Vikings have been seen through the eyes of others, distorted to