LEADER 04617nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910461313303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-12114-X 010 $a9786613121141 010 $a90-04-20507-1 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004205062.i-408 035 $a(CKB)2670000000094013 035 $a(EBL)717607 035 $a(OCoLC)729736021 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000502719 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12181831 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000502719 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10526970 035 $a(PQKB)10414349 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC717607 035 $a(OCoLC)705568040 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004205079 035 $a(PPN)174393326 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL717607 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10470478 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL312114 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000094013 100 $a20110225d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun####uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aIdeology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages$b[electronic resource] $eScandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney, and the Faeroes /$fedited by Gro Steinsland ... [et al.] 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (420 p.) 225 1 $aNorthern world,$x1569-1462 ;$vv. 52 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-20506-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aIdeology and power are central elements in the political, social, religious and cultural development of the North during the transition from the Viking to the Middle Ages. While the medieval European Christian ideology of rulership has been widely discussed, an analysis of the Nordic pre-Christian ideology, and of its confrontation with the new European ideals has so far been lacking. This book examines the concepts and practices associated with chieftains, earls and kings from the ninth to the thirteenth century: the myths and rituals surrounding their position in a northern European warrior culture. The analysis seems to indicate that important elements of the pre-Christian ideology of rulership survived into the Christian Middle Ages, either transformed or even simply transferred. Contributors are Ian Beuermann, Anders Hultgård, Jan Erik Rekdal, Jens Peter Schjødt, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Joanna Skórzewska, Gro Steinsland and Olof Sundqvist. 410 0$aNorthern world ;$vv. 52. 606 $aVikings$xHistory 606 $aMiddle Ages 606 $aKings and rulers$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aIdeology$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$xHistory$yTo 1500 607 $aScandinavia$xHistory$yTo 1397 607 $aIceland$xHistory$yTo 1262 607 $aIreland$xHistory$yTo 1603 607 $aOrkney (Scotland)$xHistory 607 $aFaroe Islands$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aVikings$xHistory. 615 0$aMiddle Ages. 615 0$aKings and rulers$xHistory 615 0$aIdeology$xHistory 615 0$aPower (Social sciences)$xHistory 676 $a948/.02 701 $aSteinsland$b Gro$01043035 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461313303321 996 $aIdeology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages$92467733 997 $aUNINA