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Most historical accounts examine the Viking Age in one part rather than the whole region of the British Isles and Ireland. Very few pay attention to the continued contact between England and Scandinavia in the post-Norman Conquest period. This book aims to offer an alternative approach by presenting a history of the Viking Age which considers the whole area up to and beyond the Norman Conquest of 1066.The Vikings have been traditionally portrayed as brutal barbarians who sailed to Britain ...

Vikings --- Northmen --- Great Britain --- Scandinavia --- Ireland --- History --- Civilization --- Scandinavian influences. --- Invasions. --- History.

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This volume examines the various forms of contact between Scandinavia and the rest of Europe from 800 to 1350. It consists of twenty-five papers from international scholars specialising in archaeology, onomastics, literature, art history, epigraphy, religious history and linguistics. The volume is innovative in three respects: (i) in transcending conventional historical boundaries, by bringing together work on both the viking and medieval periods; (ii) by examining the ways in which mainland Europe influenced Scandinavia (e.g. kingship, law and social organization; and classical and continental literary traditions); and (iii) by synthesising all the material for an English-language readership for the first time. The broader timespan of investigation illustrates the changing nature of contact and the gradual integration of Scandinavia into European society: by 1350 Scandinavia was no longer a heathen outpost on the periphery of the known world, but an integral part of Western Christendom. The cultural impact of mainland Europe on Scandinavia, frequently mediated through religious channels, although less dramatic, is shown to have had a more significant long-term impact than the earlier viking raids. The volume is structured around the following sections: Historical and Archaeological Evidence for [Scandinavian] Contact with the British Isles; Evidence for the Linguistic Impact of Scandinavian Settlement; Evidence for the Impact of Christianity on Scandinavia; and Textual Evidence for Contact, Conflict, and Coexistence.

Geschiedenis van de Middeleeuwen --- Histoire du Moyen Age --- Vikingen --- Vikings --- Civilization, Viking --- Civilisation viking --- History --- Congresses --- Histoire --- Congrès --- Europe --- Scandinavia --- Great Britain --- Scandinavie --- Grande-Bretagne --- Civilization --- Scandinavian influences --- Foreign influences --- Civilisation --- Influence scandinave --- Influence étrangère --- Civilization, Viking. --- Civilization, Medieval --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- Northern Europe & Scandinavia --- Congrès --- Influence étrangère --- Fennoscandia --- Norden --- Nordic countries --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Relations --- Vikings - Europe.