The Far-Farers: A Journey from Viking Iceland to Cr
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Just before the year 1000 AD a young Viking named Thorvald the Far-farer turned his back on the pagan gods of his father to preach the Christian gospel. But his Icelandic countrymen mocked him as a homosexual, stoned him and finally outlawed him. Abandoning his homeland, Thorvald embarked on an epic journey to the golden heart of all medieval world maps - Jerusalem. A 1000 years later, in the year 2000, Victoria Clark embarked on the same journey to discover to what extent the dramatic changes and conflicts sweeping Western Europe a 1000 years ago still resonate today. "The Far-Farers" is both the story of this 21st century journey and a history of 11th century western Christendom.
Author: Victoria Clark
Format: Hardback, 480 pages, 153mm x 234mm, 832 g
Published: 2003, Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom
Genre: Regional History
Description
Just before the year 1000 AD a young Viking named Thorvald the Far-farer turned his back on the pagan gods of his father to preach the Christian gospel. But his Icelandic countrymen mocked him as a homosexual, stoned him and finally outlawed him. Abandoning his homeland, Thorvald embarked on an epic journey to the golden heart of all medieval world maps - Jerusalem. A 1000 years later, in the year 2000, Victoria Clark embarked on the same journey to discover to what extent the dramatic changes and conflicts sweeping Western Europe a 1000 years ago still resonate today. "The Far-Farers" is both the story of this 21st century journey and a history of 11th century western Christendom.
The Far-Farers: A Journey from Viking Iceland to Cr