The Viking Diaspora
The Viking Diaspora presents the early medieval migrations of people, language and culture from mainland Scandinavia to new homes in the British Isles, the North Atlantic, the Baltic and the East as a form of 'diaspora'. It discusses the ways in which migrants from Russia in the east to Greenland in the west were conscious of being connected not only to the people and traditions of their homelands, but also to other migrants of Scandinavian origin in many other locations. Rather than the moveme…
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- Full title :The Viking Diaspora.
Summary
The Viking Diaspora presents the early medieval migrations of people, language and culture from mainland Scandinavia to new homes in the British Isles, the North Atlantic, the Baltic and the East as a form of 'diaspora'. It discusses the ways in which migrants from Russia in the east to Greenland in the west were conscious of being connected not only to the people and traditions of their homelands, but also to other migrants of Scandinavian origin in many other locations. Rather than the movements of armies, this book concentrates on the movements of people and the shared heritage and culture.
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- Publication Date:2015.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
- Place of Publication:Hoboken
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015.
Notes
Runic networks.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (245 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781317482543, 1317482549
- oclc:ocn911000957
- LC Classification:DL65 .J468 2015
- Dewey Decimal:948/.022
Table of Contents
Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Vikings and their Ages: definitions and evidence; Vikings and their Ages; The end of an era?; Vikings and víkingar; Viking Ages; Evidence; Sources for the Viking Age; Linguistic evidence; Artefactual evidence; Natural evidence; 2 The Viking world: geography and environment; The northlands; Scandinavia; Norway; Sweden; Denmark; The North Atlantic; Faroe; Iceland; Greenland; Vínland; The west and south; Britain and Ireland; The European continent; The east; Finland; The Baltic and Russia; People and environment -- arrival.
Arrival in a pristine landscapeArrival in an inhabited landscape; Human populations; Animals; Bones and food; People and environment -- living in the landscape; Survival and adaptation; Effects and ends; Naming the environment; The uses of place-names; Naming practices; First impressions; Case study -- the Sheep Isles; Names and the changing Viking world; 3 The Viking diaspora; Introducing the Viking diaspora; The long, broad Viking Age -- continuities in time and space; Natural evidence; Case study -- genetics; Artefactual evidence; Case study -- steatite; Linguistic evidence; Sagas and the p…
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