Ideology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages : : Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney, and the Faeroes / / editors, Gro Steinsland [et al.].

• Superior document: Northern world, v. 52
• TeilnehmendeR: Steinsland, Gro.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Northern world ; 52.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 405 pages) :; illustrations, maps
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 128312114X; 9786613121141; 9004205071
• ISSN: 1569-1462
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: editors, Gro Steinsland [et al.].

Ideology and power are central elements in the political, social, religious and cultural development of the North during the transition from the Viking to the Middle Ages. While the medieval European Christian ideology of rulership has been widely discussed, an analysis of the Nordic pre-Christian ideology, and of its confrontation with the new European ideals has so far been lacking. This book examines the concepts and practices associated with chieftains, earls and kings from the ninth to the thirteenth century: the myths and rituals surrounding their position in a northern European warrior culture. The analysis seems to indicate that important elements of the pre-Christian ideology of rulership survived into the Christian Middle Ages, either transformed or even simply transferred. Contributors are Ian Beuermann, Anders Hultgård, Jan Erik Rekdal, Jens Peter Schjødt, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Joanna Skórzewska, Gro Steinsland and Olof Sundqvist.