Ideology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney, and the Faeroes /
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| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Series: | Northern world ;
v. 52. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.