Medievalists.net » Finland http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Why did Medieval Slave Traders go to Finland? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/17/medieval-slave-traders-go-finland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/17/medieval-slave-traders-go-finland/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:01:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49013 The demand for blonde girls and boys was so lucrative that slave traders would hunt for these people as far away as northern Finland, a recent study finds.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/17/medieval-slave-traders-go-finland/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 politico-religious landscape of medieval Karelia http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/14/the-politico-religious-landscape-of-medieval-karelia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/14/the-politico-religious-landscape-of-medieval-karelia/#comments Fri, 14 Feb 2014 22:53:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47575 In historical sources the Karelians appear in the 12th century although archaeological excavations suggest that the amalgamation of groups of Baltic Finns, centered on the Karelian Isthmus, that came together from east and west respectively to form them originated in the late Iron Age and early Viking Age.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/14/the-politico-religious-landscape-of-medieval-karelia/feed/ 0 Finland, Tallinn and the Hanseatic League: Foreign Trade and the Orientation of Roads in Medieval Finland http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/24/finland-tallinn-and-the-hanseatic-league-foreign-trade-and-the-orientation-of-roads-in-medieval-finland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/24/finland-tallinn-and-the-hanseatic-league-foreign-trade-and-the-orientation-of-roads-in-medieval-finland/#comments Sun, 24 Nov 2013 23:35:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45230 What was the role of Finland in the trade of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages? Thisquestion has been widely discussed in Finnish history since 1882, when J.W. Ruuth publishedhis study on the relationship between Finland and the Hanse before 1435.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/24/finland-tallinn-and-the-hanseatic-league-foreign-trade-and-the-orientation-of-roads-in-medieval-finland/feed/ 0 Grave of 12th-century warrior discovered in Finland http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/22/grave-of-12th-century-warrior-discovered-in-finland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/22/grave-of-12th-century-warrior-discovered-in-finland/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:23:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45112 Archaeologist in Finland have discovered the remains of a 12th-century warrior along with two swords, one that dates back to the Viking era.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/22/grave-of-12th-century-warrior-discovered-in-finland/feed/ 0 Fishing with Monks – Padise Abbey and the River Vantaanjoki from 1351 to 1429 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/17/fishing-with-monks-padise-abbey-and-the-river-vantaanjoki-from-1351-to-1429/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/17/fishing-with-monks-padise-abbey-and-the-river-vantaanjoki-from-1351-to-1429/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 05:56:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38113 How did the Cistercian Abbey of Padise in Estonia first come into possession of fishing rights for salmon in the River Vantaanjoki in Finland?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/17/fishing-with-monks-padise-abbey-and-the-river-vantaanjoki-from-1351-to-1429/feed/ 0 Tree-Ring data shows that Northern Europe has been cooling over the last 2000 years http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/11/tree-ring-data-shows-that-northern-europe-has-been-cooling-over-the-last-2000-years/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/11/tree-ring-data-shows-that-northern-europe-has-been-cooling-over-the-last-2000-years/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:33:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33651 Was the climate during Roman and Medieval times warmer than today?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/11/tree-ring-data-shows-that-northern-europe-has-been-cooling-over-the-last-2000-years/feed/ 0 Troubadours and their heritage in the edges of Europe – Singing and rapping experiences of being in a minority in Southern France and in Sámiland http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/19/troubadours-and-their-heritage-in-the-edges-of-europe-singing-and-rapping-experiences-of-being-in-a-minority-in-southern-france-and-in-samiland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/19/troubadours-and-their-heritage-in-the-edges-of-europe-singing-and-rapping-experiences-of-being-in-a-minority-in-southern-france-and-in-samiland/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:54:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29395 What is common to these artists is the way how they define and express their belonging to their own ethnic group. The characteristics of their ethnic identity 2 are above all else language, home territory, and history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/19/troubadours-and-their-heritage-in-the-edges-of-europe-singing-and-rapping-experiences-of-being-in-a-minority-in-southern-france-and-in-samiland/feed/ 0 Frosts, Floods, and Famines – Climate in Relation to Hunger in North-East Europe A.D. 1100–1550 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/31/frosts-floods-and-famines-climate-in-relation-to-hunger-in-north-east-europe-a-d-1100%e2%80%931550/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/31/frosts-floods-and-famines-climate-in-relation-to-hunger-in-north-east-europe-a-d-1100%e2%80%931550/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:56:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26800 This Master’s thesis examines the relation between climatic conditions and hunger in Northeast Europe in A.D. 1100–1550.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/31/frosts-floods-and-famines-climate-in-relation-to-hunger-in-north-east-europe-a-d-1100%e2%80%931550/feed/ 0 Cultural Identity of the Russian North Settlers in the 10th – 13th Centuries: Archaeological Evidence and Written Sources http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/18/cultural-identity-of-the-russian-north-settlers-in-the-10th-%e2%80%93-13th-centuries-archaeological-evidence-and-written-sources/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/18/cultural-identity-of-the-russian-north-settlers-in-the-10th-%e2%80%93-13th-centuries-archaeological-evidence-and-written-sources/#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:06:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25565 Cultural Identity of the Russian North Settlers in the 10th – 13th Centuries: Archaeological Evidence and Written Sources Makarov, N.A. Slavica Helsingiensia, 27, Helsinki (2006) Abstract One of the most critically important phenomena that determined the ethnic map of the North of Eastern Europe in the Modern time was the interaction of the Slavs and […]

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