WULFSTAN’S VOYAGE WULFSTAN’S Wulfstan’s Voyage ”Wulfstan said that he travelled from the Heaths, that MARITIME CULTURE OF THE NORTH • 2 he was in Truso in seven days and nights, that the boat The Baltic Sea region in the early Viking was all Age the way running as underseen sail...” from shipboard These simple but highly informative lines form the beginning of a travelogue which was found worthy of being inserted into the Old English version of the late Edited by Anton Englert & Athena TrakadasRoman world history by Orosius, along with Ohthere’s often quoted report to King Alfred of Wessex. Wulfstan’s Voyage Published 2009 by the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde. Wulfstan’s account 374 covers pages, a voyage from illustrated, the root hard cover, The Baltic Sea region in the early Viking Age of Jutland to the Vistula Delta – connecting the trading as seen from shipboard centres of Hedeby and Truso – and provides a rare and ISBN 978-87-85180-56-8 vivid view of the south-eastern Price: Baltic DKK Sea region 399/€54 in the + postage early Viking Age, including aspects of inland navigation and local culture. ”Wulfstan said that he travelled from the In Heaths,this book, a panel of thatscholars presents he the was original in Truso in source and debates its geographical, cultural, nautical and seven days and nights, that the boat waseconomic all contextthe in theway light of recentrunning investigations. under sail...” These simple but highly informative lines form the beginning of a travelogue which was found worthy of being inserted into the Old English version of the late Roman world history by Orosius, along with Ohthere’s often quoted report to King Alfred of Wessex.

Wulfstan’s account covers a voyage from the root of Jutland to the MCN The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde Vistula Delta – connecting the trading centresArchaeological State of Museum Hedeby of Mecklenburg-Vorpommen and Truso – and 2 Edited by Anton Englert & Athena Trakadas provides a rare and vivid view of the south-eastern Baltic Sea region in the early Viking Age, including aspects of inland navigation and local culture. In this book, a panel of scholars presents the original source and debates The monograph series its geographical, cultural, nautical and economic context in the light of Maritime Culture of the North recent investigations. Published volumes: Vol. 1: Ohthere’s Voyages FOREWORD The settlement of Truso A late 9th-century account of voyages by Ole Crumlin-Pedersen & Friedrich Lüth by Marek F. Jagodzin´ ski Handelsplätze zwischen Danziger und Rigaer along the coasts of Norway and Denmark WULFSTAN’S ACCOUNT Bucht zur Zeit Wulfstans and its cultural context Wulfstan’s voyage and his description of Estland: by Vladas îulkus & Mindaugas Bertaçius Edited by Janet Bately & Anton Englert, the text and the language of the text Roskilde 2007. 216 pages, hard cover. by Janet Bately NAVIGATING THE BALTIC SEA Who was Wulfstan? Transport zones in Wulfstan’s days DKK 299/€40 + postage by Judith Jesch by Christer Westerdahl Wulfstan’s account in the context of early An 8th-century written source on ships and Vol. 2: Wulfstan’s Voyage medieval travel literature navigation: the Cosmography of Aethicus Ister by Rudolf Simek by Ian Wood & George Indruszewski The Baltic Sea region in the early Viking On the reliability of Wulfstan’s report Boats and ships of the Baltic Sea in the 9th Age as seen from shipboard by Przemysäaw Urban´ czyk and 10th centuries: the archaeological and Edited by Anton Englert & Athena Trakadas, iconographic evidence Roskilde 2009. 374 pages, hard cover. THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL BALTIC SEA by Ole Crumlin-Pedersen REGION IN THE 9th AND 10th CENTURIES Sailing in Wulfstan’s wake: the 2004 trial Price: DKK 399/€54 + postage Ests, Slavs and Saxons: ethnic groups and voyage Hedeby-Gdansk with the Skuldelev 1 political structures reconstruction, Ottar Forthcoming volumes: by Christian Lübke, by Anton Englert & Waldemar Ossowski Vol. 3: Archaeology and the Sea with a note by Przemysäaw Urban´ czyk Seafaring then and now Danes and Swedes in written and archaeological by Seán McGrail in Scandinavia and Britain sources at the end of the 9th century The art of sailing like Wulfstan A personal account by Waädysäaw Duczko by George Indruszewski & Jon Godal, with by Ole Crumlin-Pedersen, Routes and long-distance traffic – the nodal contributions by Max Vinner Roskilde 2009. Ca. 160 pages, hard cover. points of Wulfstan’s voyage by Søren M. Sindbæk EXCHANGE AND CONTROL Hedeby in Wulfstan’s days: a Danish emporium Principles of trade and exchange: trade goods of the Viking Age between East and West and merchants Publications by by Volker Hilberg by Heiko Steuer Wulfstan and the coast of southern Scandinavia: The 9th-century Christian mission to the North the Viking Ship Museum sailing routes from Langeland to Möre by Jörn Staecker Vindeboder 12 by Johan Callmer The Christian mission in the northwestern Viking-Age sailing routes of the western Baltic Slavic territories DK-4000 Roskilde Sea – a matter of safety by Felix Biermann by Jens Ulriksen Piracy and naval organisation in the Baltic Sea Harbours and trading centres on Bornholm, in the 9th century: some security considerations Viking Ship Museum books Öland and Gotland in the late 9th century concerning Wulfstan’s voyage by Anne Nørgård Jørgensen by Jan Bill can be ordered online via Ports and emporia of the southern coast: from Hedeby to Usedom and Wolin SUMMARY www.vikingshipmuseum.dk by Hauke Jöns by Michael Müller-Wille or via www.oxbowbooks.com

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