Description
The Viking Wars — Max Adams
A paperback history tracing Scandinavian raids from 789 through the expulsion of Vikings from York in 954, exploring how sustained conflict, settlement, and cultural exchange transformed Britain’s kingdoms into resilient, hybrid societies.
Key Features
- Author: Max Adams
- Subject: Viking warfare, Anglo‑Saxon Britain, cultural transformation
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 512 pages
- Publisher: Pegasus Books
- Audience: Readers of Viking history, early medieval Britain, and military/cultural history
Product Details
Max Adams chronicles the period from initial Scandinavian raids to the arrival of the Great Heathen Army in 865 and the century of warfare, adaptation, and settlement that followed. The book balances military and political narrative—highlighting Alfred the Great—with broader regional perspectives that emphasize local leaders, community resilience, and pragmatic responses to invasion.
Adams also traces cultural blending between Norse settlers and Anglo‑Saxon populations, showing how intermarriage, law, trade, and everyday life produced new hybrid identities across England. Scholarly research is presented in clear, readable prose, making complex political and social change accessible to general readers.
Origins & Craftsmanship
Grounded in Anglo‑Saxon and Scandinavian source material and recent archaeological findings, this work situates Viking activity within the wider Norse world and the evolving political landscape of early medieval Britain, illuminating how Scandinavian influences reshaped language, law, and material culture.