Medievalists.net » Ethnology http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Enemy and Ancestor: Viking Identities and Ethnic Boundaries in England and Normandy, c.950 – c.1015 http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/enemy-ancestor-viking-identities-ethnic-boundaries-england-normandy-c-950-c-1015/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/enemy-ancestor-viking-identities-ethnic-boundaries-england-normandy-c-950-c-1015/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:14:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51823 This thesis is a comparison of ethnicity in Viking Age England and Normandy. It focuses on the period c.950-c.1015, which begins several generations after the initial Scandinavian settlements in both regions.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/enemy-ancestor-viking-identities-ethnic-boundaries-england-normandy-c-950-c-1015/feed/ 0 Bjarmaland and interaction in the North of Europe from the Viking Age until the Early Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/06/bjarmaland-interaction-north-europe-viking-age-early-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/06/bjarmaland-interaction-north-europe-viking-age-early-middle-ages/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:54:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48791 This article intends to look at interaction in the very north of early medi- eval Europe with Bjarmaland as a starting point. After a short introduction to sources and historiography about Bjarmaland, the main content of the sources will be shortly discussed in order to establish what kind of informa- tion the written sources have to offer.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/06/bjarmaland-interaction-north-europe-viking-age-early-middle-ages/feed/ 0 The Age of Stone: Just how old are the oldest relics of stone architecture in Poland? http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/07/the-age-of-stone-just-how-old-are-the-oldest-relics-of-stone-architecture-in-poland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/07/the-age-of-stone-just-how-old-are-the-oldest-relics-of-stone-architecture-in-poland/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:30:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=22519 Using state-of-the-art dating methods, Polish researchers have solved the longstanding riddle of when the monumental constructions of medieval Poland were erected.

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