John Haywood (born 8 March 1956) is a British historian and author. A graduate of the universities of Lancaster,

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and

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in ...

, Haywood has served as a lecturer at the University of Lancaster. He is the author of a number of books on the early history of

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, and is considered an authority on

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and the

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. Haywood is a Fellow of the

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Selected works

* ''The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings'', Penguin Books, 1995. * ''The Complete Atlas of World History'', Sharpe Reference, 1997. * ''Ancient Civilizations of the Near East and Mediterranean'', Cassell, 1997. * ''The Cassell Atlas of the Modern World : 1914-present'' (coécrit avec Edward Barratt & Brian Catchpole), Cassell, 1998. * ''World Atlas of the Past : The ancient world'', Oxford University Press, 1999. * ''The Vikings'', Sutton, 1999. * ''Historical Atlas of the Medieval World, AD 600-1492'', Barnes & Noble, 2000. * ''Atlas of World History'', Michael Friedman Publishing Group, Incorporated, 2000. * ''Historical Atlas of the Classical World, 500 BC - AD 600'', Barnes & Noble Books, 2000. * ''Encyclopaedia of the Viking Age : With 279 Illustrations'', Thames & Hudson, 2000. * ''Cassell's Atlas of World History'', Cassell, 2001. * ''Atlas of the Celtic World'', Thames & Hudson, 2001. * ''The Atlas of Past Times'', Brown Reference, 2002. * ''Historical Atlas of the Early Modern World, 1492-1783'', Barnes & Noble Books, 2002. * ''Everyday Life in the Ancient World'', Anness Publishing, 2003. * ''Gods and Beliefs : Gods, Beliefs and Ceremonies Through the Ages'', Anness Publishing, 2003. * ''Tribes and Empires'', Anness Publishing, 2004. * ''The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Kings & Queens of Britain : A Magnificent and Authoritative History of the Royalty of Britain, the Rulers, Their Consorts and Families, and the Pretenders to the Throne'' (coécrit avec Charles Phillips), Anness Publishing, 2006. * ''Dark Age Naval Power : A Reassessment of Frankish and Anglo-Saxon Seafaring Activity'', Anglo-Saxon Books, 2006. * ''Living History : What Life Was Like in Ancient Times'', Anness Publishing, 2006. * ''The Great Migrations : From the Earliest Humans to the Age of Globalization'', Gardners Books, 2008. * ''Medieval Europe'', Capstone, 2008. * ''West African Kingdoms'', Raintree, 2008. * ''The Historical Atlas of the Celtic World'' (coécrit avec

Barry Cunliffe Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe, (born 10 December 1939), known as Barry Cunliffe, is a British archaeologist and academic. He was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2007. Since 2007, he has been an Emeri ...

), Thames & Hudson, 2009. * ''The Ancient World'', Penguin Group, 2010. * ''The New Atlas of World History : Global Events at a Glance'', Princeton University Press, 2011. * ''Chronicles of the Ancient World'', Quercus, 2012. * ''Viking : The Norse Warrior's nofficialManual'', Thames & Hudson, 2013. * ''The Celts : Bronze Age to New Age'', Routledge, 2014. * ''Northmen : The Viking Saga, AD 793-1241'', Macmillan, 2016. * ''Ancient Romans'', Brown Bear Books, 2017.

References

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