Queer Vikings? Transgression of gender and same-sex encounters in the Late Iron Age and early medieval Scandinavia
Queer Vikings? Transgression of gender and same-sex encounters in the Late Iron Age and early medieval Scandinavia By Sami Raninen SQS, Vol.2 (2008)…
COUNT IVAN ANŽ FRANKOPAN, THE ROYAL STEWARD OF THE ESTATE IN SWEDEN 1426 – 1434
COUNT IVAN ANŽ FRANKOPAN, THE ROYAL STEWARD OF THE ESTATE IN SWEDEN1426 – 1434 Ibler, Malden Croatian History (2005) Abstract Within the framework of…
North-European Trading Centres and the Early Medieval Craftsman; Craftsmen at Åhus, north-eastern Scania, Sweden ca. AD 750-850+
The emergence and the further development of wics and trading places in Northern and North-western Europe (late 7th century to the 10th century) cannot be explained as the result of only one social and economic system.
Runes in Changing Contexts: Viking Age and Medieval Writing Traditions
Runes in Changing Contexts: Viking Age and Medieval Writing Traditions Källström, Magnus 7th International Runic Symposium, Oslo (2010) Abstract The topic of Viking…
Dogs in graves – a question of symbolism?
A 9th century female boat-grave is the starting point for a discussion about dogs in Scandinavian graves from c. 500-1100 AD.
Uses of Wodan: The development of his cult and of medieval literary responses to it
Scholars working on Germanic pre-christian religion have generally considered Wodan to have been a deity of considerable importance to most if not all Germanic tribes.
Less Favored – More Favored: Queenship and the Special Case of Margrete of Denmark, 1353-1412
Less Favored – More Favored: Queenship and the Special Case of Margrete of Denmark, 1353-1412 By Grethe Jacobsen Less Favored – More Favored:…
Waiting for the Barbarians: the imagery, dynamics and functions of the Other in Northern German missionary chronicles, 11th-early 13th centuries
Waiting for the Barbarians: the imagery, dynamics and functions of the Other in Northern German missionary chronicles, 11th-early 13th centuries: the Gestae hammaburgensis…
Vikings in the Nor’ Wast: The Roots of Orkney’s Identity in Norway and Canada
Vikings in the Nor’ Wast: The Roots of Orkney’s Identity in Norway and Canada LANGE, MICHAEL A. Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, Vol.17, (2007) Abstract This article…
Scandinavia After the Fall of the Kalmar Union: A Study in Scandinavian Relations, 1523-1536
The balance of power and control shifted in Scandinavia as the Kalmar Union, which had joined Denmark, Norway and Sweden together under one king since 1397, crumbled in 1523.
An Arab Game in the North Pole?
An Arab Game in the North Pole? By Thierry Depaulis Board Games Studies, Vol.4 (2001) Introduction: The impressive so far unpublished or very little…
THE VIKINGS IN BRITTANY
THE VIKINGS IN BRITTANY Price, Neil S. (University College London) The Viking Society for Northern Research, Vol. 22 (1989) Abstract When a selection…
Sheep and goats in Norse paganism
At Odin’s Valhalla the well-known goat Heidrun eats leaves, and clear mead fl ows from her udder into the beakers of the warriors.
Power and Conversion – a Comparative Study of Christianization in Scandinavia
This book examines the Christianization of Scandinavia with the help of comparative material from Anglo-Saxon England, Old Frisia and Old Saxony.
Viking raids on the Spanish Peninsula
The Muslims described «heathens» as Majus. The name Majus – Magians was originally used of the Zoroastrians. It was then extended to other unbelievers, together with the associations of the term — e. g. incest and fire-worship.
The Ljudota Sword? An Episode of Contacts Between Britain and Scandinavia in the Late Viking Age
At the end of the 19th century, a sword dating from the Late Viking Age was found near Hvoshcheve village in Ukraine.
Konungur, Herkonungur, Godi: Power Dynamics in the Viking Age
Konungur, Herkonungur, Godi: Power Dynamics in the Viking Age Stevens, Keith The Endnote vol.2 (2005) Abstract The Viking Age was a time of…