Remembering the Vikings: Ancestry, cultural memory and geographical variation
Abstract The Vikings are an excellent example of the significance of cultural memory: from post‐Viking‐Age sources to their rediscovery in the Victorian period to their popular appeal in current times. Ancestry is a key dimension as vikings could be dynasty founders or imbue a region with Scandinavi...
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crwiley:10.1111/hic3.12652 2024-06-02T08:09:13+00:00 Remembering the Vikings: Ancestry, cultural memory and geographical variation Ellis, Caitlin 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12652 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/hic3.12652 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/hic3.12652 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ History Compass volume 19, issue 4 ISSN 1478-0542 1478-0542 journal-article 2021 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12652 2024-05-03T10:50:19Z Abstract The Vikings are an excellent example of the significance of cultural memory: from post‐Viking‐Age sources to their rediscovery in the Victorian period to their popular appeal in current times. Ancestry is a key dimension as vikings could be dynasty founders or imbue a region with Scandinavian heritage. The importance of settlements remaining connected with Iceland and the Old Norse cultural milieu is highlighted. Archaeological evidence and non‐Scandinavian sources can highlight the gaps in Norse memory, where specific events have been forgotten and some regions of the Viking world have received less attention than others. Stretching from America to Russia, the impact of post‐medieval political events, of modern marketisation and of different scholarly approaches is also considered. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library History Compass 19 4 |
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Abstract The Vikings are an excellent example of the significance of cultural memory: from post‐Viking‐Age sources to their rediscovery in the Victorian period to their popular appeal in current times. Ancestry is a key dimension as vikings could be dynasty founders or imbue a region with Scandinavian heritage. The importance of settlements remaining connected with Iceland and the Old Norse cultural milieu is highlighted. Archaeological evidence and non‐Scandinavian sources can highlight the gaps in Norse memory, where specific events have been forgotten and some regions of the Viking world have received less attention than others. Stretching from America to Russia, the impact of post‐medieval political events, of modern marketisation and of different scholarly approaches is also considered. |
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