Ideology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages

Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney, and the Faeroes

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Ideology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages

Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney, and the Faeroes

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Brill, BRILL
Language
English
Pages
416

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Ideology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages : Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney, and the Faeroes / Gro Steinsland
Origin myths and rulership : from the Viking Age ruler to the ruler of medieval historiography : continuity, transformations, and innovations / Gro Steinsland
Kings, earls, and chieftains : rulers in Norway, Orkney, and Iceland, c. 900-1300 / Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
Jarla sögur Orkneyja : status and power of the earls of Orkney according to their sagas / Ian Beuermann
An arena for higher powers : cult buildings and rulers in the late Iron Age and the early medieval period in the Malar region / Olof Sundqvist
From wine in a goblet to milk in cowdung : the transformation of early Christian kings in three post-Viking tales from Ireland / Jan Erik Rekdal
The warrior in Old Norse religion / Jens Peter Schjodt
Oðinn, Valhöll, and the Einherjar : eschatological myth and ideology in the late Viking period / Anders Hultgard
Family matters? : the cultus of the Scandinavian royal martyrs / Joanna A. Skorzewska
Conclusions: The long adaptation of pagan and Christian ideologies of rulership / Ian Beuermann.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Leiden, Boston
Series
The Northern world -- v. 52

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
948/.02
Library of Congress
DL65 .I34 2011, DL65.I34 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
416

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24823111M
Internet Archive
ideologypowervik00stei
ISBN 13
9789004205062
LCCN
2011006132
OCLC/WorldCat
705568040

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