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Ideology and Power in the Viking and Middle Ages: Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney and the Faeroes

By Gro Steinsland , Jón Viðar Sigurðsson , Jan Erik Rekdal , Ian Beuermann

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2011
ISBN
9004205063, 9789004205062
LCC
DL65 .I34 2011
Open Library ID
OL24823111M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1895285 bytes)
Series
The Northern World 52
Pages
421\421
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
Исторические дисциплины;Всемирная история;История

Description

Ideology and power are central elements in the political, social, religious and cultural development of the North during the transition from the Viking to the Middle Ages. While the medieval European Christian ideology of rulership has been widely discussed, an analysis of the Nordic pre-Christian ideology, and of its confrontation with the new European ideals has so far been lacking. This book examines the concepts and practices associated with chieftains, earls and kings from the ninth to the thirteenth century: the myths and rituals surrounding their position in a northern European warrior culture. The analysis seems to indicate that important elements of the pre-Christian ideology of rulership survived into the Christian Middle Ages, either transformed or even simply transferred.Contributors are Ian Beuermann, Anders Hultg??rd, Jan Erik Rekdal, Jens Peter Schj??dt, J??n Vi?°ar Sigur?°sson, Joanna Sk??rzewska, Gro Steinsland and Olof Sundqvist.

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