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, 2023 We argue that the Russian historical science is undergoing significant changes, and the place of Russia in European and world history is being largely rethought.
Yulia G Grigorieva (12871151) +2 more
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Polygyny, Concubinage, and the Social Lives of Women in Viking-Age Scandinavia [Elektronisk resurs]
, 2017 In this paper we utilize evolutionary theory, anthropological data, and historical sources to explore how marriage practices shaped social behaviours and attitudes towards gender in Viking-Age Scandinavia. We focus primarily on the normative practices of
Price, Neil +3 more
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The Vikings, victims of their own success?
Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2015 The Viking age as a time of adventures and violence never ceases to fascinate the public. Both aspects remain central to the definitions of the period which can be found in recent introductions to the topic.
Sarah Croix
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The lost landscape of Borgring
Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2022 Geoarchaeological investigations at Borgring, a recently identified Danish Viking Age ring fortress, reconstructs the original landscape showing how the site was expanded and modified to accommodate a structure of pre-defined size and how this large ...
Catherine Jessen +3 more
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Reflections on kingship, the church and Viking-age silver in Ireland [PDF]
, 2018 This chapter considers the wealth of some of Ireland’s kings, as represented by Viking Age silver hoards, and relates it to investment in the ecclesiastical sphere during the ninth and tenth centuries.
John Sheehan, Sheehan, John
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The Mask(S) and Transformers of Historical Re-Enactment: Material Culture and Contemporary Vikings
Current Swedish Archaeology, 2013 The paper discusses the role of material culture for his- torical re-enactors of the Viking Age. Three issues are analysed: (a) the clothing and accessories worn by a typical contemporary warrior, craftsman and woman of the Viking times and the range of
Dawid Kobiałka
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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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A Viking burial at Balnakeil, Sutherland [PDF]
, 2012 A full discussion of a young Viking male pagan grave with full consideration of its context and broader significance in the context of the Norse in the British ...
Paterson, C., Batey, C.
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Farming in the shadows of Rome: A multi‐proxy palaeoenvironmental record from Loch Clunie—Perthshire
Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Roman impacts on local society is a subject of international significance. Loch Clunie, Perthshire, lies only 5.4 km from Inchtuthil, the only Roman legionary fortress in Scotland, and contains two crannogs and a probable lakeside hillfort. Despite this proximity and the likelihood of local–Roman interaction, these sites remain unexcavated ...
Samantha E. Jones +6 more
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Aristokrater, kvinner, kunnskap og makt – Vik fra romertid til vikingtid
Viking, 2018 Aristocrats, women, knowledge and power – Vik from the Roman Age to the Viking Age This paper is inspired by local interest in the relationship between the two farms Hove and Hopperstad in the settlement of Vik on the Sognefjord in Western Norway, from ...
Liv Helga Dommasnes
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