Viking encounters

Anne Pedersen & Søren M. Sindbæk

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The Viking Congresses bring together scholars of archaeology, philology, history, toponymy, numismatics and a number of other disciplines to discuss the Viking Age from a variety of viewpoints. This volume contains 44 peer-reviewed papers selected from those presented at the 18th Viking Congress held in Denmark in August 2017. The contributors take up the interdisciplinary challenge, and the papers cover a wide range of subjects, rooted in the past, but also connecting to the present.

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• Histoire
• History

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• Publié par: Aarhus University Press
• Date de parution: 25 septembre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9788771849363
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 36 Mo

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VIKING ENCOUNTERS
Proceedings of the Eighteenth Viking Congress
Tis major volume presents the proceedings Te Viking Congresses bring together scholars Te Viking Age is marked out as a watershed for profound
from the 18th Viking Congress, held in Denmark of archaeology, philology, history, toponymy, cultural and social changes in northern societies: from
in 2017. Catalysts and change, social networks, numismatics and a number of other disciplines the spread of Christianity to urbanization and political VIKING
memory and heritage are the themes explored in to discuss the Viking Age from a variety of view- centralization. Interaction across boundaries or within
the contributions, which also comprise a section points. Tis volume contains 44 peer-reviewed communities constitutes the substance of the events
focused on new discoveries pertaining to Viking- papers selected from those presented at the 18th of this dynamic period, and is prominently refected ENCOUNTERSAge Denmark. Since 1946 the Viking Congress Viking Congress held in Denmark in August 2017. in its legacy. Te investigation of social networks and
has been a common forum for current research Te contributors take up the interdisciplinary cultural encounters has formed an active focus of
and theories within Viking-Age studies, bringing challenge, and the papers cover a wide range of Viking Studies in recent years, from the mapping of Proceedings of the
together leading scholars in the felds of archae- subjects, rooted in the past, but also connecting geographical interaction attested by the archaeological
ology, history, philology, place-name studies, to the present. and scientifc evidence to the analysis of social relations Eighteenth
numismatics, runology and other disciplines, in written records and literature. Meanwhile, the memory
including the natural sciences, relevant to the and heritage of the Viking Age has been a matter of Viking Congressstudy of the Viking Age. profound fascination for later generations, from medieval
historians and saga writers to contemporary novelists,
artists and popular media.
ANNE PEDERSEN is Senior Researcher at the
National Museum of Denmark.
SØREN M. SINDBÆK is Professor at the School
of Culture and Society, Aarhus University
Front image: Te Sea Stallion of Glendalough, an ocean-
going thoroughbred reconstruction of Skuldelev 2, a large
longship from the Viking Age, built 1042 near Dublin and
found in Roskilde Fjord, Denmark. Pictured 2008 at the
Clifs of Dover. Photo: Werner Karrasch.
Copyright: Viking Ship Museum.
Back image: Pendant female fgurine from Hårby, Funen,
Denmark. Gilt silver with black niello inlay. H 3.4 cm. editors
Photo: National Museum Denmark. Anne Pedersen & Søren M. SindbækAarhus University Press a
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Delegates of the 18th Viking Congress assembled at the Trelleborg ring fortress. Photo: Te National Museum of Denmark.Viking Encounters
Proceedings of the Eighteenth Viking Congress,
Denmark, August 6‑12, 2017
Anne Pedersen & Søren M. Sindbæk
editors
aarhus university press
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© The authors and Aarhus University Press 2020
Cover: Jørgen Sparre
Layout and typesetting: Ryevad Grafisk
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ISBN 978 87 7184 936 3
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The congress and this book were sponsored by: Farumgaardfonden, Krogagerfonden,
Carlsbergfondet, Dronning Margrethe II’s arkæologiske fond, Aage & Johanne Louis-Hansens
fond, Letterstedtska Föreningen, Destination Viking, Bikubenfonden (via the National
Museum Jelling Project).
International distributors:
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/ In accordance with requirements of the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science, the certification
means that a PhD level peer has made a written assessment justifying this book’s scientific quality.
Te logo of the Viking Congress was adopted at the ffh congress in the Faroes. Known in the Faroes
as a held (Icelandic: högld), it is a ring made of a locked loop of ram’s horn. It was, and still is, used for
a number of purposes, but chiefy as a loop attached to a rope and used when carrying hay.
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© The authors and Aarhus University Press 2020
Cover: Jørgen Sparre
Layout and typesetting: Ryevad Grafisk
This book is typeset in Minion Pro
E-book production by Narayana Press, Denmark
Foreword by Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark, Patron of the
Eighteenth Viking Congress 11ISBN 978 87 7184 936 3
Aarhus University Press
Introduction 13Finlandsgade 29
DK-8200 Aarhus N Anne Pedersen & Søren M. Sindbæk
Denmark
www.unipress.dk
Catalysts and Change
The congress and this book were sponsored by: Farumgaardfonden, Krogagerfonden, Te Viking Age and the Scandinavian Peace 23
Carlsbergfondet, Dronning Margrethe II’s arkæologiske fond, Aage & Johanne Louis-Hansens Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
fond, Letterstedtska Föreningen, Destination Viking, Bikubenfonden (via the National
Museum Jelling Project). Te Scandinavian Encounter with Christianity Overseas:
Diplomatic Conversions in the 9th and 10th Centuries 34
Lesley AbramsInternational distributors:
Oxbow Books Ltd.
Vikings in the East: Collective Violence and Preventive Strategies www.oxbowbooks.com
in a Comparative Perspective 47
Fedir Androshchuk
ISD
www.isdistribution.com Viking Mobility in the Baltic Sea Region 61
Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson, Anna Linderholm & Anna Kjellström
Vikings Abroad: Te Case of Gnezdovo 71
Veronika Murasheva
Vikings and Cymru: New Evidence for Social Dynamics 81
/ In accordance with requirements of the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science, the certification
means that a PhD level peer has made a written assessment justifying this book’s scientific quality. Mark Redknap
Across the Sea to the East? Reconsidering the Date of the Early Vikings
in the Irish Sea Region 99
Dirk H. Steinforth
Changing Places: Tracing the Viking Great Army in the Anglo-Saxon
Te logo of the Viking Congress was adopted at the ffh congress in the Faroes. Known in the Faroes Countryside 112
as a held (Icelandic: högld), it is a ring made of a locked loop of ram’s horn. It was, and still is, used for
Dawn M. Hadley & Julian D. Richardsa number of purposes, but chiefy as a loop attached to a rope and used when carrying hay.
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in the North Atlantic 134
Douglas Bolender
Seaways, Spies and Sagas: Approaching Viking-Age Mariculture
in Western Scotland 150
Alan Macniven
On Harbours and Havens: Maritime Strategies in Norway during
the Viking Age 170
Arne Kruse
Tree Burial Customs in late 10th-century Iceland: Preliminary
Observations 186
Orri Vésteinsson
Te Cross and the Sword: Signs of Dual Religious Belonging in a
Late Viking-Age Warrior Grave at Langeid, South Norway 198
Zanette T. Glørstad
Coinage as Catalyst for Societal Change: A Case Study of 10th-century
Normandy 211
Jens Christian Moesgaard & Guillaume Sarah
Danish Legal Procedure and a Common Scandinavian Law 220
Anne Irene Riisøy
The Power of Social Networks
Personal Belief in Hiberno-Norse Dublin 235
Raghnall Ó Floinn
Reviving Birka’s Black Earth Harbour: Te Results of the 2015/2016
Field Campaign 249
Sven Kalmring in collaboration with Lena Holmquist
Farinn vestr – eða sunnan: On the signifcance of the insular and
continental “imports” in 9th- and 10th-century Hedeby 257
Volker Hilberg
Sigtuna: An Urban Hub in the Viking World, and its Roots 268
Torun Zachrisson
111631_viking encounters_.indd 6 19/08/2020 14.06Opportunity, Autonomy and the End of Viking-Age Expansion Elite Memorials and Social Networks: Burial and Commemoration
in the North Atlantic 134 in 11th-century Sweden 286
Douglas Bolender Cecilia Ljung
Seaways, Spies and Sagas: Approaching Viking-Age Mariculture From Sites to Regional Synthesis: Collective Chronologies of Late Viking
in Western Scotland 150 and Early Christian Activities in Iceland 303
Alan Macniven Magdalena M. E. Schmid, Anthony J. Newton & Andrew J. Dugmore
On Harbours and Havens: Maritime Strategies in Norway during How Scandinavian was the Early Viking Age in the Northern Isles? 318
the Viking Age 170 David Grifths
Arne Kruse
Shetland’s Lost (Viking) Landnám 331
Tree Burial Customs in late 10th-century Iceland: Preliminary Val Turner
Observations 186
A Potential Viking Fort in Shetland: Te extraordinary Kame of Isbister 345Orri Vésteinsson
Andrew Jennings
Te Cross and the Sword: Signs of Dual Religious Belonging in a
Late Viking-Age Warrior Grave at Langeid, South Norway 198 Settlement Change in Viking and Late Norse Orkney c. AD 850-1200:
Placed Deposits in Domestic Contexts 355Zanette T. Glørstad
Jane Harrison
Coinage as Catalyst for Societal Change: A Case Study of 10th-century
Normandy 211 Viking Shieling Names and Scandinavian Settlement in Scotland 371
Jens Christian Moesgaard & Guillaume Sarah Ryan Foster
Danish Legal Procedure and a Common Scandinavian Law 220 Healing Runes 386
Anne Irene Riisøy Judith Jesch & Christina Lee
Communication through Creativity: Te Vestfold School Revisited 399
The Power of Social Networks
Unn Pedersen
Personal Belief in Hiberno-Norse Dublin 235
Humans and Animals: Te Changing Corpus of Danish Viking Art 413
Raghnall Ó Floinn
Nancy L. Wicker
Reviving Birka’s Black Earth Harbour: