Contacts and Networks in the Baltic Sea Region : : Austmarr as a northern mare nostrum, ca. 500-1500 AD /

Contacts and Networks in the Baltic Sea Region : : Austmarr as a northern mare nostrum, ca. 500-1500 AD / / ed. by Kendra Willson, Frog, Maths Bertell.

Since prehistoric times, the Baltic Sea has functioned as a northern mare nostrum - a crucial nexus that has shaped the languages, folklore, religions, literature, technology, and identities of the Germanic, Finnic, Sámi, Baltic, and Slavic peoples. This anthology explores the networks among those p...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
MitwirkendeR:
Aalto, Sirpa,
Bentlin, Mikko,
Bertell, Maths,
Frog,,
Harvilahti, Lauri,
Jackson, Tatjana,
Korpela, Jukka,
Kouvola, Karolina,
Podossinov, Aleksandr,
Słupecki, Leszek,
Willson, Frog,
Willson, Kendra,
Åhfeldt, Laila Kitzler,
HerausgeberIn:
Bertell, Maths,
Frog, ,
Willson, Kendra,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies ; 11
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 25 halftones, 10 line art
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • List of maps, figures and tables
  • Note on alphabetisation
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Looking across the Baltic Sea and over linguistic fences
  • Section 1. Mental maps
  • 1 The northern part of the Ocean in the eyes of ancient geographers
  • 2 Austmarr on the mental map of medieval Scandinavians
  • 3 The connection between geographical space and collective memory in Jómsvíkinga saga
  • Section 2. Mobility
  • 4 Rune carvers traversing Austmarr?
  • 5 Polish noble families and noblemen of Scandinavian origin in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
  • 6 A medieval trade in female slaves from the north along the Volga
  • Section 3. Language
  • 7 Ahti on the Nydam strap-ring
  • 8 Low German and Finnish revisited
  • Section 4. Myth and religion formation
  • 9 Mythic logic and meta-discursive practices in the Scandinavian and Baltic regions
  • 10 The artificial bride on both sides of the Gulf of Finland
  • 11 Local Sámi bear ceremonialism in a Circum-Baltic perspective
  • 12 Mythologies in transformation
  • Contributors
  • Indices

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