Ideology and Power in the Viking and Middle Ages : Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney and the Faeroes / ed. by Gro Steinsland ...

Englisch

Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2011

VI, 405 S. : graph. Darst., Kt ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-90-04-20506-2 hbk. : acid-free paper

90-04-20506-3 (hbk.) No price

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.

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*Skandinavien / Island / Irland / Orkneyinseln / Färöer / Herrschaft / Ideologie / Macht / Geschichte 500-1500

*Vikings -- History ; Middle Ages ; Kings and rulers -- History -- To 1500 ; Ideology -- History -- To 1500 ; Power (Social sciences) -- History -- To 1500 ; Scandinavia -- History -- To 1397 ; Iceland -- History -- To 1262 ; Ireland -- History -- To 1603 ; Orkney (Scotland) -- History ; Faroe Islands -- History

*Vikings / History ; Middle Ages ; Kings and rulers / History / To 1500 ; Ideology / History / To 1500 ; Power (Social sciences) / History / To 1500 ; Scandinavia / History / To 1397 ; Iceland / History / To 1262 ; Ireland / History / To 1603 ; Orkney (Scotland) / History ; Faroe Islands / History

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: DL65

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 948/.02; ; 948.02;

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: GZ 1462: G Germanistik. Niederlandistik. Skandinavistik / GW-GZ Skandinavistik / GZ Skandinavistik / Landeskunde / GZ 1000-GZ 1988 Nordeuropa Landeskunde Allgemeines (Überregionale Darstellungen) / GZ 1460-GZ 1468 Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik / Wikingerzeit (ca. 800-1066)

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: GZ 1463: G Germanistik. Niederlandistik. Skandinavistik / GW-GZ Skandinavistik / GZ Skandinavistik / Landeskunde / GZ 1000-GZ 1988 Nordeuropa Landeskunde Allgemeines (Überregionale Darstellungen) / GZ 1460-GZ 1468 Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik / 1066 - 1536

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: GZ 1732: G Germanistik. Niederlandistik. Skandinavistik / GW-GZ Skandinavistik / GZ Skandinavistik / Landeskunde / GZ 1000-GZ 1988 Nordeuropa Landeskunde Allgemeines (Überregionale Darstellungen) / GZ 1730-GZ 1738 Mythologie / Wikingerzeit (ca. 800-1066)

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: GZ 1733: G Germanistik. Niederlandistik. Skandinavistik / GW-GZ Skandinavistik / GZ Skandinavistik / Landeskunde / GZ 1000-GZ 1988 Nordeuropa Landeskunde Allgemeines (Überregionale Darstellungen) / GZ 1730-GZ 1738 Mythologie / 1066 - 1536

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: NM 9350: N Geschichte / NM Geschichte des Mittelalters / NM 9010-NM 9650 Geschichte der auswärtigen Staaten und Völker / NM 9050-NM 9600 Europäische Staaten und Völker / Nordische Länder allgemein

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: NM 9360: N Geschichte / NM Geschichte des Mittelalters / NM 9010-NM 9650 Geschichte der auswärtigen Staaten und Völker / NM 9050-NM 9600 Europäische Staaten und Völker / Wikinger

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

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