Medievalists.net » Norse 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 7 Things One Should Know When Dealing with Kings: The Icelander’s Version http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/29/7-things-one-should-know-when-dealing-with-kings-the-icelanders-version/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/29/7-things-one-should-know-when-dealing-with-kings-the-icelanders-version/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:00:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62887 Here is MaryAnn R. Adams’ winning advice on how to deal with Norse kings.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/29/7-things-one-should-know-when-dealing-with-kings-the-icelanders-version/feed/ 0 Manifestations of psychiatric illness in texts from the medieval and Viking era http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/26/manifestations-of-psychiatric-illness-in-texts-from-the-medieval-and-viking-era/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/26/manifestations-of-psychiatric-illness-in-texts-from-the-medieval-and-viking-era/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:39:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62060 The medicine of medieval Europe was influenced above all by the Hippocratic and Galenic legacies, conveyed through the medical School of Salerno, albeit also to an extent embedded in demonological and supernatural beliefs and folklore customs.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/26/manifestations-of-psychiatric-illness-in-texts-from-the-medieval-and-viking-era/feed/ 0 Doors to the dead: The power of doorways and thresholds in Viking Age Scandinavia http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/05/doors-to-the-dead-the-power-of-doorways-and-thresholds-in-viking-age-scandinavia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/05/doors-to-the-dead-the-power-of-doorways-and-thresholds-in-viking-age-scandinavia/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2015 16:24:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61564 It is argued that Viking Age people built ‘doors to the dead’ of various types, such as freestanding portals, causewayed ring-ditches or thresholds to grave mounds; or on occasion even buried their dead in the doorway.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/05/doors-to-the-dead-the-power-of-doorways-and-thresholds-in-viking-age-scandinavia/feed/ 0 The Vikings and clothing accessories they brought home http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/29/the-vikings-and-clothing-accessories-they-brought-home/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/29/the-vikings-and-clothing-accessories-they-brought-home/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2015 19:22:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61430 New study on the use of imported objects in Viking Age Scandinavia

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/29/the-vikings-and-clothing-accessories-they-brought-home/feed/ 0 Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/08/ivory-vikings-the-mystery-of-the-most-famous-chessmen-in-the-world-and-the-woman-who-made-them/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/08/ivory-vikings-the-mystery-of-the-most-famous-chessmen-in-the-world-and-the-woman-who-made-them/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:31:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60911 Read an excerpt from the latest book by Nancy Marie Brown

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/08/ivory-vikings-the-mystery-of-the-most-famous-chessmen-in-the-world-and-the-woman-who-made-them/feed/ 0 ‘God helped thee; The eagle got food afresh’: Norse Crusaders and the Pleasure of Killing http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/11/god-helped-thee-the-eagle-got-food-afresh-norse-crusaders-and-the-pleasure-of-killing/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/11/god-helped-thee-the-eagle-got-food-afresh-norse-crusaders-and-the-pleasure-of-killing/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2015 02:32:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60333 The men of the north are often depicted in the Norse sagas as taking great pleasure in killing, even doing it for no good reason

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/11/god-helped-thee-the-eagle-got-food-afresh-norse-crusaders-and-the-pleasure-of-killing/feed/ 0 Reflections on Our Fascination with Vikings and What It Tells Us about How We Engage with the Past http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/11/reflections-on-our-fascination-with-vikings-and-what-it-tells-us-about-how-we-engage-with-the-past/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/11/reflections-on-our-fascination-with-vikings-and-what-it-tells-us-about-how-we-engage-with-the-past/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:51:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60322 What drives our fascination with these people who lived so long ago, about whom we know relatively little and yet who my students see very clearly and definitively?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/11/reflections-on-our-fascination-with-vikings-and-what-it-tells-us-about-how-we-engage-with-the-past/feed/ 0 An Eye for Odin? Divine Role-Playing in the Age of Sutton Hoo http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/25/an-eye-for-odin-divine-role-playing-in-the-age-of-sutton-hoo/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/25/an-eye-for-odin-divine-role-playing-in-the-age-of-sutton-hoo/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2015 01:53:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59986 This paper presents some new observations concerning the construction of the Sutton Hoo helmet, as a point of entry to a wider discussion of pre-Christian religious and ideological links across Scandinavia.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/25/an-eye-for-odin-divine-role-playing-in-the-age-of-sutton-hoo/feed/ 0 Rich and Powerful: The Image of the Female Deity in Migration Age Scandinavia http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/25/rich-and-powerful-the-image-of-the-female-deity-in-migration-age-scandinavia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/25/rich-and-powerful-the-image-of-the-female-deity-in-migration-age-scandinavia/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2015 01:41:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59982 I believe serious blunders have been made concerning the identification of males and females. It
is simply inadmissable to interpret any figure with open, shoulder-length hair as female when all the evidence for the centuries in question shows females have only been depicted with long hair tied in the Irish ribbon knot.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/25/rich-and-powerful-the-image-of-the-female-deity-in-migration-age-scandinavia/feed/ 0 Tolkien and the Viking Heritage http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/28/tolkien-and-the-viking-heritage/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/28/tolkien-and-the-viking-heritage/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2015 22:54:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59276 Much has already been written about the influence of Norse mythology on The Lord of the Rings. Less research has so far been done about how other aspects of the culture and history of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons influenced Tolkien’s writing.

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