Viking Age

Fibula, Fabula, Fact

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"The chapters of Fibula, Fabula, Fact - The Viking Age in Finland are intended to provide essential foundations for approaching the important topic of the Viking Age in Finland. These chapters are oriented to provide introductions to the sources, methods and perspectives of dive…

The Vikings reimagined: reception, recovery, engagement

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The Vikings Reimagined explores the changing perception of Norse and Viking cultures across different cultural forms, and the complex legacy of the Vikings in the present day. Bringing together experts in literature, history and heritage engagement, this highly interdisciplinary…

The Vikings

by Edwards, Kevin J., Nordeide, Sæbjørg Walaker

fromPast imperfect (ARC Humanities Press)

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The prevailing image of a Viking is frequently that of a fierce male, associated with military expansion and a distinctive material culture, and the Vikings have maintained a resonance in the popular imagination to the present day. This book presents a fresh overview of the Viki…

The Vikings

by Edwards, Kevin J., Nordeide, Sæbjørg Walaker

fromPast imperfect

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‹div›The prevailing image of a Viking is frequently that of a fierce male, associated with military expansion and a distinctive material culture, and the Vikings have maintained a resonance in the popular imagination to the present day. This book presents a fresh overview of the…

This dissertation examines the naming methods on Late Viking Age Swedish runestones. It is well-known in the runological world that the runestones of the Late Viking Age preserve a plethora of personal names. At the same time, name scholars have long observed that the older Germ…

The rich medieval Icelandic literary record, comprised of mythology, sagas, poetry, law codes and post-medieval folklore, has provided invaluable source material for previous generations of scholars attempting to reconstruct a pagan Scandinavian Viking Age worldview. In modern I…

In and around the 870s, Britain was transformed dramatically by the campaigns and settlements of the Great Army and its allies. Some pre-existing political communities suffered less than others, and in hindsight the process helped Scotland and England achieve their later positio…