GOLDEN AGES AND FISHING GROUNDS: THE EMERGENT PAST IN THE ÍSLENDINGASÖGUR
GOLDEN AGES AND FISHING GROUNDS: THE EMERGENT PAST IN THE ÍSLENDINGASÖGUR Rankovic´, Slavica VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH, Saga-Book p.39, Vol. XXX (2006) Abstract…
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AT SMYRJA KONUNG TIL VELDIS: ROYAL LEGITIMATION IN SNORRI STURLUSON’S MAGNÚSS SAGA ERLINGSSONAR WANNER, KEVIN J. VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH, Saga-Book p.…
Medieval Articles and Theses posted in June 2009
Here is the list of articles and theses posted to Medievalists.net in June 2009: Hypertext, Hypermedia and the Bayeux Tapestry: A Study of Remediation…
Guide to Medieval Lincoln
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In Our Time
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The Middle Ages on BBC Radio
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A Guide to the The Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most well known and interesting pieces of artwork from the Middle Ages. This feature offers readers information about the Bayeux Tapestry, including videos and articles
Twelfth-Century Norman and Irish Literary Evidence for Ship-Building and Sea-Faring Techniques of Norse Origin
Twelfth-Century Norman and Irish Literary Evidence for Ship-Building and Sea-Faring Techniques of Norse Origin Sayers, William The Heroic Age, Issue 8 (June 2005)…
A Needle in the Right Hand of God : the Norman Conquest of 1066 and the Making and Meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry
A Needle in the Right Hand of God : the Norman conquest of 1066 and the making and meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry…
Articles and Theses posted in May 2009
Here is the list of articles and theses posted to Medievalists.net in May 2009: The Great yasa of Chingiz Khan and Mongol Law in…
Arabs and Normans in Sicily and the South of Italy
Arabs and Normans in Sicily and the South of Italy By Adele Cilento and Alessandro Vanoli Riverside Books, 2008 ISBN: 978-1-878351-66-1 Sicily has…
The High City, by Cecelia Holland
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L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
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The Norse in Newfoundland: L’Anse aux Meadows and Vinland
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Interview with Nancy Marie Brown
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Introducing Medieval Scandinavia
A four-video series outlining the scope of the medieval Scandinavian world and some of its major cultural, political and literary characteristics.
Articles and Theses Posted in January 2009
Here is the list of articles posted on the Medievalists.net website in January 2009: The Ideology and Technology Of Creating Online Full-Text Digital…
Standardized Latin and Medieval Economic Growth
Traditional explanations for Western Europe’s demographic growth in the High Middle Ages are unable to explain the rise in per-capita income that accompanied observed population changes.
The art of the Book of Deer
The art of the Book of Deer Geddes, Jane Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 128 (1998), 537-549 ABSTRACT This paper…
King Olaf Gudrødsson
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Theodoricus Monachus and the Icelanders
Theodoricus Monachus and the Icelanders By E.R. Halvorson Thridji Vikingafundur [Third Viking Congress], edited by Kristján Eldjárn Ritsjóri (Reykjavik, 1958) Synopsis: Examines how Theodoricus Monachus…
Iceland in the Saga Period: Some Geographical Aspects
Iceland in the Saga Period: Some Geographical Aspects By Sigurdur Thorarinsson Thridji Vikingafundur [Third Viking Congress], edited by Kristján Eldjárn Ritsjóri (Reykjavik, 1958) Synopsis: Examines…
The location of the fall of Olaf Tryggvason
Examines the accounts that describe the battle between King Olaf Tryggvason and the Danish king Svein Forkbeard and Swedish king Olof Skotkonung in the year 1000, which traditionally has been placed near the island of Svold.