The Viking age in Caithness, Orkney and the North Atlantic select papers from the proceedings of the Eleventh Viking Congress, Thurso and Kirkwall, 22 August - 1 September 1989
"The Viking Diaspora presents the early medieval migrations of people, language and culture from mainland Scandinavia to new homes in the British Isles, the North Atlantic, the Baltic and the East, in the period known as the Viking Age as a form of 'diaspora'. It concentrates on the c...
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh Univ. Press for Centre for Continuing Education, Univ. of Aberdeen and Department of Archaeology, Univ. of Glasgow
1993
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "The Viking Diaspora presents the early medieval migrations of people, language and culture from mainland Scandinavia to new homes in the British Isles, the North Atlantic, the Baltic and the East, in the period known as the Viking Age as a form of 'diaspora'. It concentrates on the connectedness between migrants and both their homelands and regions within the diaspora, particularly through language, naming customs and in traditional stories and poems. Rather than the movements of armies, it considers the movements of people, and on the linguistic and cultural effects of those population movements. Providing a broad survey of the Viking Age and its aftermath, the book draws evidence from a wide range of sources that will interest students and academics"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Beschreibung: | XVI, 554 S. Ill., Faks., Kt. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0748604308 0-7486-0430-8 |