148. The Vikings Go East
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Notable books mentioned: Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavic, Origins of the European... by Michael McCormack, The Children of Ashen Elm by Neil Price, Laughing Till I Die by Tom Shippey
148. The Vikings Go East mentions Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavic, Origins of the European... by Michael McCormack, The Children of Ashen Elm by Neil Price, and Laughing Till I Die by Tom Shippey with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
I highly recommend it.
his argument essentially is that the Caliphate in all, you know, so not just the Abbasid Caliphate, but the Muslim lands of North Africa and Spain as…
Neil Price has a lovely thing in his book, The Children of Ashen Elm, where he says it's basically Deadwood.
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- The conversation centers on Khazar conversion to Judaism.
- A second recurring theme is Khazars and Judaism.
- Referenced books include Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavic and Origins of the European... by Michael McCormack.
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“This was the subject of a fabulous novel, I think written in early 80s, by a guy called Milorad Pavic, a Serbian novelist, called Dictionary of the Khazars, which is kind of a magical realist novel.”
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“Have you read, come across Michael McCormack's book, Origins of the European... I haven't. It's a really, I mean, it's a massive book.”
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“Neil Price has a lovely thing in his book, The Children of Ashen Elm, where he says it's basically Deadwood.”
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“Tom Shippey in his book, Laughing Till I Die, about the Vikings, he has a nice section about how...”
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“There's a wonderful book by Rosemary Sutcliffe called Blood Feud, where it's the story of a boy, I think it is, who is captured in Wessex.”
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The host mentions 'Dictionary of the Khazars' to highlight the unique historical narrative of the Khazars converting to Judaism, which is a fascina…
The host mentions Michael McCormack's book to highlight the economic dynamics between the Caliphate and Europe, particularly regarding the slave tr…
The host mentions Neil Price's book, 'The Children of Ashen Elm,' to illustrate the complex trade dynamics of the Vikings, particularly their entre…
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