04618nam 2200769 a 450 991078954610332120230607210821.01-283-12114-X978661312114190-04-20507-110.1163/ej.9789004205062.i-408(CKB)2670000000094013(EBL)717607(OCoLC)729736021(SSID)ssj0000502719(PQKBManifestationID)12181831(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000502719(PQKBWorkID)10526970(PQKB)10414349(MiAaPQ)EBC717607(OCoLC)705568040(nllekb)BRILL9789004205079(Au-PeEL)EBL717607(CaPaEBR)ebr10470478(CaONFJC)MIL312114(PPN)174393326(EXLCZ)99267000000009401320110225d2011 uy 0engurun####uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIdeology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney, and the Faeroes /editors, Gro Steinsland [et al.]Leiden ;Boston :Brill,2011.1 online resource (xi, 405 pages) illustrations, mapsNorthern world,1569-1462 ;v. 52Description based upon print version of record.90-04-20506-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Ideology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages : Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney, and the Faeroes / Gro Steinsland -- Origin myths and rulership : from the Viking Age ruler to the ruler of medieval historiography : continuity, transformations, and innovations / Gro Steinsland -- Kings, earls, and chieftains : rulers in Norway, Orkney, and Iceland, c. 900-1300 / J{acute}on Vi℗ðar Sigur℗ðsson -- Jarla s{uml}ogur Orkneyja : status and power of the earls of Orkney according to their sagas / Ian Beuermann -- An arena for higher powers : cult buildings and rulers in the late Iron Age and the early medieval period in the Malar region / Olof Sundqvist -- From wine in a goblet to milk in cowdung : the transformation of early Christian kings in three post-Viking tales from Ireland / Jan Erik Rekdal -- The warrior in Old Norse religion / Jens Peter Schjodt -- O℗ðinn, Valh{uml}oll, and the Einherjar : eschatological myth and ideology in the late Viking period / Anders Hultgard -- Family matters? : the cultus of the Scandinavian royal martyrs / Joanna A. Skorzewska -- Conclusions: The long adaptation of pagan and Christian ideologies of rulership / Ian Beuermann.Ideology and power are central elements in the political, social, religious and cultural development of the North during the transition from the Viking to the Middle Ages. While the medieval European Christian ideology of rulership has been widely discussed, an analysis of the Nordic pre-Christian ideology, and of its confrontation with the new European ideals has so far been lacking. This book examines the concepts and practices associated with chieftains, earls and kings from the ninth to the thirteenth century: the myths and rituals surrounding their position in a northern European warrior culture. The analysis seems to indicate that important elements of the pre-Christian ideology of rulership survived into the Christian Middle Ages, either transformed or even simply transferred. Contributors are Ian Beuermann, Anders Hultgård, Jan Erik Rekdal, Jens Peter Schjødt, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Joanna Skórzewska, Gro Steinsland and Olof Sundqvist.Northern world ;52.VikingsHistoryMiddle AgesKings and rulersHistoryTo 1500IdeologyHistoryTo 1500Power (Social sciences)HistoryTo 1500ScandinaviaHistoryTo 1397IcelandHistoryTo 1262IrelandHistoryTo 1603Orkney (Scotland)HistoryFaroe IslandsHistoryVikingsHistory.Middle Ages.Kings and rulersHistoryIdeologyHistoryPower (Social sciences)History948/.02Steinsland Gro1553606MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789546103321Ideology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages3814271UNINA