Ideology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages : Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney, and the Faeroes / / edited by Gro Steinsland ... [et al.].
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| Superior document: | Northern world, v. 52 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Northern world ;
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| Physical Description: | vi, 405 p. :; ill., maps. |
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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 / J{acute}on Viar Sigursson
- Jarla s{uml}ogur 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
- Oinn, Valh{uml}oll, 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.