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Frequently depicted as Scandinavian scavengers, warlike pirates, raiders, and invaders, the Vikings have lately surfaced from the depths of history to become pop culture's most adored ruffians. For Prof. Fee, this recent craze for all-things Viking is a mixed blessing. The spike in popular fascination often occasions a need to separate the wheat from the chaff: fact from fiction, history from myth, literature from legend.This twenty-four-lecture audio series rights the ship by offering you a scholarly and comprehensive overview of Viking history, geography, literature, religion, and culture. Prof. Fee leads this series with canny and personable teaching.As you meet the great Viking adventurers, you'll explore pivotal events such as the raid on the monastery at Lindisfarne in 739 and the Norman invasion of Britain in 1066, as well as lesser-known curiosities: the etymology of the term Viking, the story of the Vikings known as Varangians who guarded the Byzantine Emperor, and the origins of the state that we now think of as Russia.From runic inscriptions to heroic sagas, pagan belief to Danelaw, you'll ponder the Vikings' lasting significance as you immerse yourself in the seen and unseen record of their fascinating civilization.

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Christopher R. Fee is an expert on medieval literature. He is currently Professor of English and the Chair of the English department at Gettysburg College, where he served as the Johnson Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities. Named one of the 300 best professors in America by the Princeton Review, he has received a variety of honors, grants, and fellowships for his teaching and research. Having earned his Ph.D. in English at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, he is a frequent visiting faculty member at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad in Copenhagen. Christopher R. Fee is an expert on medieval literature. He is currently Professor of English and the Chair of the English department at Gettysburg College, where he served as the Johnson Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities. Named one of the 300 best professors in America by the Princeton Review, he has received a variety of honors, grants, and fellowships for his teaching and research. Having earned his Ph.D. in English at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, he is a frequent visiting faculty member at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad in Copenhagen.

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