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vi, 405 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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The Northern world, 1569-1462 ; volume 52
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Northern world ; v. 52
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Includes bibliographical references ( pages 384-385) and index |
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Introduction. Ideology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages : Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney and the Faeroes / Gro Steinsland -- Origin myths and rulership. From the Viking Age ruler to the ruler of medieval historiography : continuity, transformations and innovations / Gro Steinsland -- Kings, earls and chieftains. Rulers in Norway, Orkney and Iceland, c. 900-1300 / Jón Viðar Sigurðsson -- Jarla sogur Orkneyja. Status and power of the earls of Orkney according to their sagas / Ian Beuermann -- An arena for higher powers. Cult buildings and rulers in the late Iron Age and the early medieval period in the Mälar region / Olof Sundqvist -- From wine in a goblet to milk in cowdung. The transformation of early Christian kings in three post-Viking tales from Ireland / Jan Erik Rekdal -- The warrior in Old Norse religion / Jens Peter Schjodt -- Oðinn, Valholl and the Einherjar. Eschatological myth and ideology in the late Viking period / Anders Hultgård -- Family matters? The cultus of the Scandinavian royal martyrs / Joanna A. Skórzewska -- Conclusions. The long adaptation of pagan and Christian ideologies of rulership / Ian Beuermann |
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Vikings -- History
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Middle Ages
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Kings and rulers -- History -- To 1500
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Ideology -- History -- To 1500
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Power (Social sciences) -- History -- To 1500
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Scandinavia -- History -- To 1397
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Iceland -- History -- To 1262
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Ireland -- History -- To 1603
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Orkney (Scotland) -- History
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Faroe Islands -- History
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Steinsland, Gro, editor
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Sigurðsson, Jón Viðar, editor
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Rekdal, Jan Erik, editor
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Beuermann, Ian, editor
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