Scandinavian Britain

Author : Tom Horne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000533149

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A Viking Market Kingdom in Ireland and Britain by Tom Horne Pdf

Viking-Age trade, network theory, silver economies, kingdom formation, and the Scandinavian raiding and settlement of Ireland and Britain are all popular subjects. However, few have looked for possible connections between these phenomena, something this book suggests were closely related. By allying Blomkvist’s network-kingdoms with Sindbæk’s nodal market-networks, it is argued that the political and economic character of Viking-Age Britain and Ireland – my ‘Insular Scandinavia’ – is best understood if Dublin and Jórvík are seen as being established as nodes of a market-based network-kingdom. Based on a dataset relating to the then developing bullion economies of the central and eastern Scandinavian worlds and southern Scandinavia in particular, it is argued that war-band leaders from, or familiar with, ‘Danish’ markets like Hedeby and Kaupang transposed to Insular Scandinavia the concept of polities based on establishment of markets and the protection of routeways between them. Using this book, readers can think of interlinked Dublin and Great Army elites creating an Insular version of a Danish-style nodal market kingdom based on commerce and silver currencies. A Viking Market Kingdom in Ireland and Britain will help specialist researchers and students of Viking archaeology make connections between southern Scandinavia and the market economy of the Uí Ímair (‘descendants of Ívarr’) operating out of the twin nodes of Dublin and Jórvík via the initial establishment of Hiberno-Scandinavian longphuirt and the related winter-camps of the Viking Great Army.

Author : William Gershom Collingwood
Publisher : Australian Geographic
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : CORNELL:31924080646494

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Scandinavian Britain by William Gershom Collingwood Pdf

Author : Henry Loyn
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1995-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780631187110

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The Vikings in Britain by Henry Loyn Pdf

Drawing from recent archaeological and linguistic evidence, as well as more traditional literary and narrative sources, the author distinguishes between the initial phase of migrations in the ninth and tenth centuries, and the secondary period of settlement up to c. 1100 AD. He emphasizes, too, the differences in nature and intensity of the Viking impact on the societies that were slowly developing into the historic kingdoms of England and Scotland, and the more complex political structures of Wales and Ireland. Throughout the book, the effects of the Scandinavian invasions on Britain are set within the wider European context.

Author : William Gershom Collingwood
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230208348

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Scandinavian Britain by William Gershom Collingwood Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... II. THE DANELAW I. THE AGE OF ALFRED That part of Britain which the Danes conquered in the days of King DEGREESElfred was called in Anglo-Saxon Denalagu, the district in which the Danes' law prevailed. The word lagu in the sense of " laws" comes from the Scandinavian log, which in its secondary use meant not only "laws," but the group of people who were ruled by a given code. Gulathings log, or Thranda Kg, came to be almost geographical expressions for the country which owned the rulings of the Gulathing, or the neighbourhood of Trondhjem. Hence the form "Danelaw," used by recent historians as a convenient rendering of Denalagu, is not misleading, beside being more readable than the hybrid "Danelagh." King Alfred's life covers the period of this conquest, the second half of the ninth century. After the tentative attacks of the first sixteen years, came the invasion of the Great Army, which created the Danelaw, followed by the futile attempt of Hastein (Hasting) to settle in Alfred's realm. By the year 900 the ethnological map of England had been drawn on lines which last, with alterations in details only, to this day. The story is one of stirring deeds on both sides. If we admire the heroic defence of the Saxon king, we cannot forget that most of us who form the English nation have in our veins more than a little of the Viking blood. We owe our existence as much to one side as to the other, and it is a false patriotism and a mistaken view of history which asks us to give our sympathies exclusively to either party in this struggle of a thousand years ago. To tell the story fully in the limits of this work is impossible; we must, however, sketch the course of events in order to make the results intelligible. When DEGREESEthelred, the fourth son of...

Author : W. G. Collingwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1330810503

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Scandinavian Britain (Classic Reprint) by W. G. Collingwood Pdf

Excerpt from Scandinavian Britain In the part of this work for which I am responsible, that is to say from page 43 onward, kind assistance in proof-reading has been given by the Rev. Edmund McClure, Secretary to the S.P.C.K., and by Mr. Albany F. Major, Editor to the Viking Club. The chapters on Northumbria (pp. 119-181) have been read by Mr. William Brown, F.S.A., and the chapter on Orkney by Mr. Alfred W. Johnston, F.S.A. Scot., Editor of Orkney and Shetland Old Lore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Alfred P. Smyth
Publisher : Oxford : Oxford University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015000559883

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Scandinavian Kings in the British Isles, 850-880 by Alfred P. Smyth Pdf

Omfattende afhandling om vikinger som konger på de britiske øer

Author : Maria Ågren
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351885980

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The Marital Economy in Scandinavia and Britain 1400–1900 by Maria Ågren Pdf

Marriage today is our prime social and legal institution. Historically, it was also the principal economic institution. This collection of essays offers a wealth of original research into the economic, social and legal history of the marital partnership in northern Europe over a 500-year period. Erickson's introduction explores the concept of the marital economy and sketches the legal and economic background across the region. Chapters by Ågren, Gudrun Andersson, Agnes Arnórsdóttir, Inger Dübeck, Elizabeth Ewan, Rosemarie Fiebranz, Catherine Frances, Hanne Johansen, Ann-Catrin Östman, Anu Pylkkänen, Hilde Sandvik and Jane Whittle, are organized according to the three economic stages of the marital life-cycle: forming the partnership; managing the partnership; and dissolving the partnership. In conclusion, Michael Roberts explores how the historical development of modern economic theory has removed marriage from its central position at the heart of the economy.

Author : William Burns
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438199559

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A Brief History of Great Britain, Second Edition by William Burns Pdf

A Brief History of Great Britain, Second Edition provides a clear, lively, and comprehensive account of the history of Great Britain from ancient times to the present day. It relates the central events that have shaped the country and details their significance in historical context, touching on all aspects of the history of the country, from political, international, and economic affairs to cultural and social developments. Illustrated with full-color maps and photographs, and accompanied by a chronology, bibliography, and suggested reading, this accessible overview is ideal for the general reader. Coverage includes: Early Settlements, Celts, and Romans Anglo-Saxons, Scots,and Vikings Scotland, England, and Wales Britain in the Late Middle Ages The Making of Protestant Britain Industry and Conquest Britain in the Age of Empire An Age of Crisis The Age of Consensus A House Divided The Age of Brexit

Author : Jill Stephenson,John Gilmour
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472504975

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Hitler's Scandinavian Legacy by Jill Stephenson,John Gilmour Pdf

The Scandinavian [Nordic] countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland experienced the effects of the German invasion in April 1940 in very different ways. Collaboration, resistance, and co-belligerency were only some of the short-term consequences. Each country's historiography has undergone enormous changes in the seventy years since the invasion, and this collection by leading historians examines the immediate effects of Hitler's aggression as well as the long-term legacies for each country's self-image and national identity. The Scandinavian countries' war experience fundamentally changed how each nation functioned in the post-war world by altering political structures, the dynamics of their societies, the inter-relationships between the countries and the popular view of the wartime political and social responses to totalitarian threats. Hitler was no respecter of the rights of the Scandinavian nations but he and his associates dealt surprisingly differently with each of them. In the post-war period, this has caused problems of interpretation for political and cultural historians alike. Drawing on the latest research, this volume will be a welcome addition to the comparative histories of Scandinavia and the Second World War.

Author : David Arter
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0719051339

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Scandinavian Politics Today by David Arter Pdf

This volume represents a unique study of contemporary politics and policy-making in the five nation-states and three Home Rule territories of the Nordic region. Written in a lively and readable style by an expert in the field, its approach is systematically thematic and comparative. Chapters deal with current political science issues such as nation-building and state-building, party system change, semi-presidentialism and post-corporatism, as well as addressing intrinsically important regional questions such as whether or not there is a Nordic model of government, a distinctively Scandinavian form of parliamentarianism and a superior welfare system. There is also detailed discussion of the Nordic states in their strategic external environment, focusing on the post-war security configuration in northern Europe and the impact of European integration on Scandinavia.

Author : Patrick Salmon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0521891027

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Scandinavia and the Great Powers 1890-1940 by Patrick Salmon Pdf

Survey of the changing position of all four Nordic states in twentieth-century international relations.

Author : Katherine Holman
Publisher : Signal Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1904955347

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The Northern Conquest by Katherine Holman Pdf

"This book reveals another very different side of Viking society. It claims that the Viking legacy was not simply one of 'rape and pillage', but included law and order, agriculture and trade, as well as language and heroic literature. It also provides evidence that the influence of Scandinavians in the British Isles continued well after 1066"--Jacket.

Author : Bertha S. Phillpotts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107694842

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The Elder Edda and Ancient Scandinavian Drama by Bertha S. Phillpotts Pdf

Originally published in 1920, this book provides a theory of the dramatic origin of the older Eddic poems. Whilst the Eddic collection in general can be seen to contain a variety of unrelated elements, there is an essential unity to the older poems on native subjects. This can be seen in their special metre, their dialogic or monologic form, bearing traces of improvisation by one or more speakers, their stage directions, their stock scenes, their taste for disguised or theriomorphic characters, and their fixed traditional plots. In analysing this unity, the text brings forth observations on the relationship between the poems and the socio-cultural context in which they were written. This is a highly informative volume that will be of value to anyone with an interest in Old Norse literature and literary criticism.

Author : Michael Booth
Publisher : Picador
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781250061973

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The Almost Nearly Perfect People by Michael Booth Pdf

NAMED THE #1 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, A WITTY, INFORMATIVE, AND POPULAR TRAVELOGUE ABOUT THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES AND HOW THEY MAY NOT BE AS HAPPY OR AS PERFECT AS WE ASSUME Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years, and he has grown increasingly frustrated with the rose-tinted view of this part of the world offered up by the Western media. In this timely book he leaves his adopted home of Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic countries to discover who these curious tribes are, the secrets of their success, and, most intriguing of all, what they think of one another. Why are the Danes so happy, despite having the highest taxes? Do the Finns really have the best education system? Are the Icelanders as feral as they sometimes appear? How are the Norwegians spending their fantastic oil wealth? And why do all of them hate the Swedes? In The Almost Nearly Perfect People Michael Booth explains who the Scandinavians are, how they differ and why, and what their quirks and foibles are, and he explores why these societies have become so successful and models for the world. Along the way a more nuanced, often darker picture emerges of a region plagued by taboos, characterized by suffocating parochialism, and populated by extremists of various shades. They may very well be almost nearly perfect, but it isn't easy being Scandinavian.

Author : Jørgen Sevaldsen,Bo Bjørke,Claus Bjørn
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Denmark
ISBN : 8772897503

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Britain and Denmark by Jørgen Sevaldsen,Bo Bjørke,Claus Bjørn Pdf

Since 1815, Denmark and Britain have lived in peace with each other. From the last half of the 19th century, massive British imports of Danish agricultural products gave Britain a central role in the Danish economy, likewise in the 20th century, British efforts in the two world wars became of crucial importance to Denmark's position in relation to Germany and, later, the Soviet Union. In the same period, the emergence of English as the first foreign language in Denmark facilitated the increasingly closer human and cultural contacts between the two countries. Britain and Denmark, written by Danish and British historians, constitutes the first attempt to provide a comprehensive picture of the roles that these two neighbouring countries have played in the lives of each other during the last two centuries. They are different in size and have had very different global and regional orientations. So, naturally, Britain has always loomed larger in Danish life and politics than the other way round. In many areas, however, relations have been close. The book covers contacts relating to trade, security policies and social and political theory, but also touch on mutual influences within the areas of literature, music, design etc. Most treatments of Danish political and cultural relations with the outside world in this period concentrate on Germany for the period up to 1945, and on the Soviet Union and the USA in the post-war world. In the same way, works on British contemporary history rarely devote much space to relations with the Nordic countries. The aim, therefore, of this book is to provide a supplement, and perhaps corrective, to the existing literature on the international positions of Britain and Denmark in the modern world.