Ideology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney, and the Faeroes /

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Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Andre forfattere: Steinsland, Gro
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Serier:Northern world ; v. 52.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • 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 sögur 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 Malar 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, Valhöll, and the Einherjar : eschatological myth and ideology in the late Viking period / Anders Hultgard
  • Family matters? : the cultus of the Scandinavian royal martyrs / Joanna A. Skorzewska
  • Conclusions: The long adaptation of pagan and Christian ideologies of rulership / Ian Beuermann.