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Turnhout Brepols 2004. Hardback, XXII+369 p., 60 b/w ill., 160 x 240 mm. ISBN 9782503510859. This volume examines the various forms of contact between Scandinavia and the rest of Europe from 800 to 1350. It consists of twenty-five papers from international scholars specialising in archaeology, onomastics, literature, art history, epigraphy, religious history and linguistics. The volume is innovative in three respects: (i) in transcending conventional historical boundaries, by bringing together work on both the viking and medieval periods; (ii) by examining the ways in which mainland Europe influenced Scandinavia (e.g. kingship, law and social organisation; and classical and continental literary traditions); and (iii) by synthesising all the material for an English-language readership for the first time. The broader timespan of investigation illustrates the changing nature of contact and the gradual integration of Scandinavia into European society: by 1350 Scandinavia was no longer a heathen outpost…
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Scandinavia and Europe, 800-1350 Contact, Conflict, and Coexistence (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe) (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe) Hardcover - 2004
by Editor-Jonathan Adams; Editor-Katherine Holman
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- Title Scandinavia and Europe, 800-1350 Contact, Conflict, and Coexistence (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe) (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe)
- Author Editor-Jonathan Adams; Editor-Katherine Holman
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- Pages 369
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brepols Publishers
- Date June 2004
- ISBN 9782503510859
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- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: Central Europe
- Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
- Cultural Region: Scandinavian
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
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