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Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2020 This study explores the underlying reasons behind the construction and topographical location of the Viking Age ring fortress, Borgring and the impact it had on the society on a regional scale.
Jens Molter Ulriksen +2 more
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The social construction of the Norwegian Viking Age: An analysis of the national identity discourse in Norwegian Viking Age research. [PDF]
, 2015 The overall theme of this thesis is how everyday words and formulations can be effective components in the creation and maintenance of national identities. The thesis explores the everyday and almost invisible markers of the national, i.e. statements and
Jahnsen, Sofie Scheen
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A new archive of oral history interviews from LGBTQIA‐identified alumni, faculty and staff reveals the complex ways that queer and transgender students understood, experienced and remembered the long transition from single‐sex to coeducation at Princeton University.
Ezelle Sanford III +2 more
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Love, Class‐Crossing Courtship, and the Reading of English Novels in Late Eighteenth‐Century Sweden
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how novel reading influenced the courtship practices of Pehr Stenberg, a peasant who became a clergyman. Stenberg wrote a detailed account of his life in which his courtships of high‐born women are described in detail. These courtships took place during a transformative time when the ideal that marriage should be based on
Ina Lindblom
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Scandinavian Arrowheads of the Viking Age, Their Manufacture and Distribution
EXARC Journal, 2023 In recent years there has been a renewed interest in the arrowheads used in the Viking Age and their distribution. The 187 excavation of Viking graves in the Black Earth of Birka region of Sweden, re-examined in 2019 by Price (Price, et al., 2019) and ...
Hector Cole
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Viking Age garden plants from southern Scandinavia
Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2012 Plant finds recovered from archaeological sites in southern Scandinavia dated to the Viking Age reflect the diversity of useful plants that were cultivated and collected.
Pernille Rohde Sloth +2 more
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Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim To describe the intellectual level and changes during development in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and to investigate if there are factors associated with the pace of intellectual development. Method Population‐based study of all 264 children (141 boys, 123 girls) with CP born 1999–2006 in the region of Västra Götaland. Information was
Mattias Wicke Selvén +2 more
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Cultural contacts and ethnic origins in Viking Age Wales and northern Britain: the case of Albanus, Britain's first inhabitant and Scottish ancestor [PDF]
, 2015 Albanus, an eponymous ancestor for the kingdom of Alba, provides an example of the extent to which the creation of an ethnic identity was accompanied by new ideas about origins, which replaced previous accounts.
Evans, Nicholas J.
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The Provenance of Silver in the Viking‐Age Hoard From Bedale, North Yorkshire
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The acquisition of silver was a key motive propelling the Viking expansion out of Scandinavia; identifying the sources of Viking silver during the early part of the Viking Age can provide critical insights into the relative significance of western European and eastern, Islamic wealth in the Viking expansion.
Jane Kershaw +5 more
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Body Modification on Viking Age Gotland
Current Swedish ArchaeologyIn recent years, research has provided evidence for permanent body modification in the Viking Age. Based on the current state of research, we identified around 130 male-gendered individuals from Scandinavia and beyond with dental alterations in form of ...
Matthias S. Toplak, Lukas Kerk
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