Katherine Cross

Heirs of the Vikings

History and Identity in Normandy and England, C.950-C.1015

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examination of texts concerning the vikings reveals much about their origin myth and legend.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 167mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 560g
• ISBN-13: 9781903153796
• ISBN-10: 1903153794
• Artikelnr.: 49461802

Autorenporträt

Dr KATHERINE CROSS is a historian of the early Middle Ages at the BritishMuseum and Wolfson College, University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Problem of a Viking Identity Genealogy: Building a Viking
Age Dynasty Origin Myths: A People for a Dynasty Hagiography I: Ruin and
Restoration Hagiography II: Saintly Patronage Charter Narratives: Normans,
Northumbrians and Northmen Conclusion: Viking Age Narratives and Ethnic
Identities Appendix 1: The Date of Fulbert's Vita Romani Appendix 2: The
Dates of the Latin Vita Prima Sancti Neoti and the Old English Life of St
Neot Bibliography