TY - BOOK ID - 77935713 TI - Ideology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages PY - 2011 SN - 9004205071 9786613121141 9004205071 9789004205079 9789004205062 9004205063 128312114X PB - Leiden Boston DB - UniCat KW - Ideology KW - Kings and rulers KW - Middle Ages. KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Vikings KW - Empowerment (Social sciences) KW - Political power KW - Exchange theory (Sociology) KW - Political science KW - Social sciences KW - Sociology KW - Consensus (Social sciences) KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Philosophy KW - Psychology KW - Thought and thinking KW - Czars (Kings and rulers) KW - Kings and rulers, Primitive KW - Monarchs KW - Royalty KW - Rulers KW - Sovereigns KW - Tsars KW - Tzars KW - Heads of state KW - Queens KW - Dark Ages KW - History, Medieval KW - Medieval history KW - Medieval period KW - Middle Ages KW - World history, Medieval KW - World history KW - Civilization, Medieval KW - Medievalism KW - Renaissance KW - Northmen KW - History KW - History. KW - Faroe Islands KW - Iceland KW - Ireland KW - Orkney (Scotland) KW - Scandinavia KW - Orkney Islands (Scotland) KW - Orkney Islands Area (Scotland) KW - Orknøyene (Scotland) KW - Faereyiar KW - Faeroe Islands KW - Færøerne KW - Faeroes KW - Færøyene KW - Färöarna KW - Färöer KW - Faroes KW - Färsaaret KW - Féroé KW - Føroyar KW - Îles Féroé KW - Ilhas Faeroe KW - Islas Feroe UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77935713 AB - 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. ER -