The Beginning Of Scandinavian Settlement In England

Author : Shane McLeod
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Civilization, Viking
ISBN : 2503545564

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The Beginning of Scandinavian Settlement in England by Shane McLeod Pdf

The conquest and settlement of lands in eastern England by Scandinavians represents an extreme migratory episode. The cultural interaction involved one group forcing themselves upon another from a position of military and political power. Despite this seemingly dominant position, by 900 CE the immigrants appear to have largely adopted the culture of the Anglo-Saxons whom they had recently defeated. Informed by migration theory, this work proposes that a major factor in this assimilation was the emigration point of the Scandinavians and the cultural experiences which they brought with them. Although some of the Scandinavians may have emigrated directly from Scandinavia, most of the first generation of settlers apparently commenced their journey in either Ireland or northern Francia. Consequently, it is the culture of Scandinavians in these regions that needs to be assessed in searching for the cultural impact of Scandinavians upon eastern England. This may help to explain how the immigrants adapted to aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture, such as the issuing of coinage and at least public displays of Christianity, relatively quickly. The geographic origins of the Scandinavians also explain some of the innovations introduced by the migrants, including the use of client kings and the creation of ‘buffer’ states.

Author : Dawn M. Hadley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Vikings
ISBN : UOM:39015067704414

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The Vikings in England by Dawn M. Hadley Pdf

Provides a starting point for researchers and students investigating the Viking settlement of Britain. This book considers the history and development of contemporary debates about Scandinavian settlement, and examines differences between rural and urban Viking settlement. It looks at the Scandinavian conversion to Christianity.

Author : Henry Loyn
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 53,9 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 : Julian D Richards
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750952521

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Viking Age England by Julian D Richards Pdf

From shortly before AD 800 until the Norman Conquest, England was subject to raids from seafaring peoples from Scandinavia - the Vikings. However, they were not only raiders but also traders and settlers. During this period, the English state was unified under a single ruler for the first time and Anglo-Saxon society underwent great changes. Using the latest archaeological evidence from places such as London, Lincoln and York, the author reassesses the Viking contribution to Late Anglo-Saxon England and examines the creation of a new Anglo-Scandinavian identity.

Author : Frederick Threlfall Wainwright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015005200806

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Scandinavian England by Frederick Threlfall Wainwright Pdf

A history of the Scandinavian influence on place names in England.

Author : James Graham-Campbell,Richard Hall,Judith Jesch,David N Parsons
Publisher :
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785704550

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Vikings and the Danelaw by James Graham-Campbell,Richard Hall,Judith Jesch,David N Parsons Pdf

A selection of papers from the 13th Viking Congress focusing on the northern, central, and eastern regions of Anglo-Saxon England colonised by invading Danish armies in the late 9th century, known as the Danelaw. This volume contributes to many of the unresolved scholarly debates surrounding the concept, and extent of the Danelaw.

Author : Katherine Holman
Publisher : Signal Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,6 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 : Dawn M. Hadley,J. D. Richards
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015054246205

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Cultures in Contact by Dawn M. Hadley,J. D. Richards Pdf

Many previous studies have described the Scandinavian settlement of England as involving a rapid assimilation of the settlers with native society and culture, and a swift process of integration. This volume challenges that view and shows that the processes of assimilation, integration and accommodation were gradual and complex, displaying important regional variations. Where did the Scandinavians come from? What type of society did they eventually settle into? What were the implications of the drawing of different cultures in contact, and how is this portrayed in the surviving material? The volume uses theoretically sophisticated models. Recent discussion in, for example, material culture and language have shown that they were active, constituent elements in creating and re-creating social and cultural identities. Where the volume focuses on the creation of local and regional identities and affinities it moves on from the traditional depiction of the issues in terms of a simple dichotomy of 'Scandinavian' and 'English'.

Author : John Hines
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781000161083

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Land, Sea and Home by John Hines Pdf

This book provides a realistic historical and geographical perspective to begin closest to the Scandinavian homelands of Vikings and the Viking ideology and material culture, by looking at new research into aspects of their use of the sea, maritime communications and trade.

Author : B. E. Crawford
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : England, Northern
ISBN : UOM:39015037311100

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Scandinavian Settlement in Northern Britain by B. E. Crawford Pdf

Author : Ryan Lavelle,Simon Roffey
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782979326

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Danes in Wessex by Ryan Lavelle,Simon Roffey Pdf

There have been many studies of the Scandinavians in Britain, but this is the first collection of essays to be devoted solely to their engagement with Wessex. New work on the early Middle Ages, not least the excavations of mass graves associated with the Viking Age in Dorset and Oxford, drew attention to the gaps in our understanding of the wider impact of Scandinavians in areas of Britain not traditionally associated with them. Here, a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to the problems of their study is presented. While there may not have been the same degree of impact, discernible particularly in place-names and archaeology, as in those areas of Britain which had substantial influxes of Scandinavian settlers, Wessex was a major theater of the Viking wars in the reigns of Alfred and Æthelred Unræd. Two major topics, the Viking wars and the Danish landowning elite, figure strongly in this collection but are shown not to be the sole reasons for the presence of Danes, or items associated with them, in Wessex. Multidisciplinary approaches evoke Vikings and Danes not just through the written record, but through their impact on real and imaginary landscapes and via the objects they owned or produced. The papers raise wider questions too, such as when did aggressive Vikings morph into more acceptable Danes, and what issues of identity were there for natives and incomers in a province whose founders were believed to have also come from North Sea areas, if not from parts of Denmark itself? Readers can continue for themselves aspects of these broader debates that will be stimulated by this fascinating and significant series of studies by both established scholars and new researchers.

Author : Letty ten Harkel,D. M. Hadley
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782970095

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Everyday Life in Viking-Age Towns by Letty ten Harkel,D. M. Hadley Pdf

The study of early medieval towns has frequently concentrated on urban beginnings, the search for broadly applicable definitions of urban characteristics and the chronological development of towns. Far less attention has been paid to the experience of living in towns. The thirteen chapters in this book bring together the current state of knowledge about Viking-Age towns (c. 800–1100) from both sides of the Irish Sea, focusing on everyday life in and around these emerging settlements. What was it really like to grow up, live, and die in these towns? What did people eat, what did they wear, and how did they make a living for themselves? Although historical sources are addressed, the emphasis of the volume is overwhelmingly archaeological, paying homage to the wealth of new material that has become available since the advent of urban archaeology in the 1960s.

Author : Matthew Townend
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015059999907

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Language and History in Viking Age England by Matthew Townend Pdf

This is the first ever book-length study for the nature and significance of the linguistic contact between speakers of Old Norse and Old English in Viking Age England. It investigates in a wide-ranging and systematic fashion a foundational but under-considered factor in the history and culture of the Vikings in England. The subject is important for late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age history; for language and literature in the late Anglo-Saxon period; and for the history and development of the English language. The work's primary focus is on Anglo-Norse language contact, with a particular emphasis on the question of possible mutual intelligibility between speakers of the two languages; but since language contact is an emphatically sociolinguistic phenomenon, the work's methodology combines linguistic, literary and historical approaches, and draws for its evidence on texts in Old English, Old Norse and Anglo-Latin, and other forms of linguistic and onomastic material

Author : Stephen E. Harding,David Griffiths,Elizabeth Royles
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781482207590

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In Search of Vikings by Stephen E. Harding,David Griffiths,Elizabeth Royles Pdf

The Viking Age lasted a little over three centuries, but has left a lasting legacy across Europe. These dynamic warrior-traders from Scandinavia, who fought and interacted with peoples as far apart as North America, Russia, and Central Asia, are some of the most recognizable historical figures in the western world. In the modern imagination they represent ruthlessness, heroism, adventurousness, and a unique prestige embellished by the wondrous tales and poetry of the sagas. Yet the sum of evidence for the Viking presence is far less clear than their reputation implies. In Search of Vikings presents a collection of papers from experts in a broad range of disciplines, including history, archaeology, genetics, and linguistics, to provide a detailed understanding of the Vikings in peace and in war. This book focuses on one particularly exciting area of the Viking world, namely the north-west region of England, where they are known to have settled in large numbers. North-west England was the crossroads between Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. It was a battleground for distant powers and dynasties, and its Irish Sea coastline created opportunities for trading and settlement. Silver hoards, burials, and Old Norse place-names attest to the Viking presence, and Scandinavian DNA is detectable amongst the modern population. The 12 integrated studies in this book are designed to reinvigorate the search for Vikings in this crucial region and to provide must-reading for anyone interested in Viking history.

Author : F. Donald Logan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136527098

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The Vikings in History by F. Donald Logan Pdf

Completely updated to include important primary research, archaeological findings and debates from the last decade, this third edition of F. Donald Logan's successful book examines the Vikings and their critical role in history. The author uses archaeological, literary and historical evidence to analyze the Vikings' overseas expeditions and their transformation from raiders to settlers. Focusing on the period from 800–1050, it studies the Vikings across the world, from Denmark and Sweden right across to the British Isles, the North Atlantic and the New World. This edition includes: a new epilogue explaining the aims of the book updated further reading sections maps and photographs. By taking this new archaeological and primary research into account, the author provides a vital text for history students and researchers of this fascinating people.