{"product_id":"norse-america-the-story-of-a-founding-myth-hardcover","title":"Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGordon Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of the Vikings in North America as both fact and fiction, from the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries to the myths and fabrications about their presence there that have developed in recent centuries.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracking the saga of the Norse across the North Atlantic to America, \u003cem\u003eNorse America\u003c\/em\u003e sets the record straight about the idea that the Vikings 'discovered' America. The journey described is a continuum, with evidence-based history and archaeology at one end, and fake history and outright fraud at the other. In between there lies a huge expanse of uncertainty: sagas that may contain shards of truth, characters that may be partly historical, real archaeology that may be interpreted through the fictions of saga, and fragmentary evidence open to responsible and irresponsible interpretation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eNorse America\u003c\/em\u003e is a book that tells two stories. The first is the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries, settling in Greenland and establishing a shore station at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland (to which a chapter of the book is devoted) and ending (but not culminating) in a fleeting and ill-documented presence on the shores of the North American mainland.The second is the appropriation and enhancement of the westward narrative by Canadians and Americans who want America to have had white North European origins, who therefore want the Vikings to have 'discovered' America, and who in the advancement of that thesis have been willing to twist and manufacture evidence in support of claims grounded in an ideology of racial superiority.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGordon Campbell\u003c\/strong\u003e is Fellow in Renaissance Studies at the University of Leicester, and is a Fellow of the British Academy. In January 2012 he was presented with the Longman History Today Trustees Award (for lifetime contribution to history). He has authored and edited many books for OUP including \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance\u003c\/em\u003e (2003); \u003cem\u003eRenaissance Art and Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e (2004); \u003cem\u003eJohn Milton: Life, Work and Thought\u003c\/em\u003e (2008; co-author); \u003cem\u003eBible: the Story of the King James Version, 1611-2011 R(2010); and IThe Hermit in the Garden: from Imperial Rome to Ornamental Gnome\u003c\/em\u003e (2013). He most recently edited \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance\u003c\/em\u003e for OUP.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.58 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51788771459360,"sku":"9780198861553","price":34.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/feaea51645e99ef89f6ad2f307412dcf.webp?v=1780659659","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/norse-america-the-story-of-a-founding-myth-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}