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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Una historia de los vikingos alejada de mitos y leyendas. La narración más completa sobre su expansión geográfica; de Terranova a Bagdad, de Rusia a Francia o España. La sociedad violenta y depredadora de la Escandinavia de la Era Oscura tuvo un impacto único en la historia de la Europa medieval. Desde la seguridad del frío norte, los guerreros, exploradores y comerciantes nórdicos saquearon, comerciaron y se establecieron en múltiples áreas de Europa, Asia y del norte del Atlántico desde finales del siglo VIII hasta mediados del siglo XI, desde los orígenes en la prehistoria...

En este segundo tomo, Braudel relata en el capítulo "Los acontecimientos, la política y los hombres" una historia de hechos, de oscilaciones breves. Se llega a la distinción dentro del tiempo de la historia, de un tiempo geográfico, un tiempo social y un tiempo individual. Inicia con la guerra en el Mediterráneo de 1551 y termina con la muerte de Felipe II en 1598.