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Warriors, heroes and companions: negotiating masculinity in Viking-Age England [PDF]
, 2008 Detailed analysis of the construction of gender identities has transformed our understanding of many aspects of early medieval society, yet the study of the Vikings in Britain has largely remained immune to this branch of scholarship.
Hadley, D.M.
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Mythological Names and dróttkvætt Formulae I: When is a Valkyrie Like a Spear? [PDF]
, 2014 This article explores patterns of language use in oral poetry within a variety of semantic formula. Such a formula may vary its surface texture in relation to phonic demands of the metrical environment in which it is realized.
Frog, -
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tourism is a significant sector on the Svalbard archipelago. The increase in visitors and tourism activities has reshaped the local community of Longyearbyen, brought new economic opportunities, and put greater pressure on the local environment.
Julien Lebel +3 more
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Influences from the Huns on Scandinavian Sacrificial Customs during 300-500 AD
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1993 Votive offerings may be our main source of knowledge concerning the religion of the Iron Age before the Vikings. An important question is the connection between two kinds of sacrificial finds, i.e. horse sacrifices and burial offerings.
Marianne Görman
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Thomas A. Prendergast, Poetical Dust: Poets\u2019 Corner and the Making of Britain [PDF]
, 2017 This is a review of Thomas A.
Petrina, Alessandra
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Combs, Contact and Chronology : Reconsidering Hair Combs in Early-Historic and Viking-Age Atlantic Scotland [PDF]
, 2009 Analysis of an important collection of bone/antler hair combs from Atlantic Scotland has illuminated the chronology of early-medieval Scandinavian settlement in the region.
Ashby, S.P.
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The adoption of the Common African Position (CAP) by the African Union in 2014 marked a transformative shift in Africa's engagement with global development, shaping the post‐2015 development agenda and sustainable development goals (SDGs). Despite its significance, the CAP's contributions remain underacknowledged in mainstream narratives. This
Hafte Gebreselassie Gebrihet +2 more
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Layers of powers: societies and institutions in Europe [PDF]
, 2010 Historians and social scientists have offered many and varied definitions of the term “community”. This chapter focuses on specific examples of face-to-face or local communities in order to test the possibilities and limits of the two major analytical ...
Amelang, J. +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Concerning human resources, research in the tourism sector has traditionally focused on a personnel‐managerial perspective rather than a labor market‐condition analysis per se, limiting the examination of its unique working ecosystem and distinct socioeconomic particularities. This has evidenced an apparent thematic research gap in the tourism
Maria Jesus Vazquez‐Garcia +2 more
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Old Scandinavian and Christian eschatology
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1990 The eschatological beliefs current in Scandinavia during the Viking and early Medieval periods can be grouped into two main traditions, denoted by the concepts of Ragnarok and Doomsday.
Anders Hultgård
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