LEADER 03322nam 22004455 450 001 996517771503316 005 20230328044521.0 010 $a9783110784305 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110784305 035 $a(CKB)26274514100041 035 $a(DE-B1597)617693 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110784305 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926274514100041 100 $a20230328h20232023 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDecolonising Medieval Fennoscandia $eAn Interdisciplinary Study of Norse-Saami Relations in the Medieval Period /$fSolveig Marie Wang 210 1$aBerlin ;$aBoston : $cDe Gruyter, $d[2023] 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (XVIII, 278 p.) 225 0 $aReligious Minorities in the North : History, Politics, and Culture ,$x2627-440X ;$v5 311 $a9783110784169 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tPreface -- $tContents -- $tList of Figures -- $tList of Abbreviations -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tConventions -- $tChapter 1: Introduction -- $tChapter 2: Classical and Medieval Written Sources on the Saami -- $tChapter 3: The Saami Motif-Cluster -- $tChapter 4: Northern Fennoscandian Politics and Spatial Belonging -- $tChapter 5: The Saami Trade -- $tChapter 6: Liminal Identities and Fluid Spaces? Norse-Saami Personal Relationships -- $tChapter 7: Saami in the South: Sources and Societies -- $tReassessing Norse-Saami Relations in the Medieval Period: Conclusion -- $tList of References -- $tIndex 330 $aThe interdisciplinary study investigates the relationship between Norse and Saami peoples in the medieval period and focuses on the multifaceted portrayal of Saami peoples in medieval texts. The investigative analysis is anchored in postcolonial methodologies and argues for the inherent need to decolonise the medieval source-material as well as recent historiography. This is achieved by presenting the historiographic and political background of research into Norse-Saami relations, before introducing an overview of textual sources discussing Saami peoples from the classical period to the late 1400s, an analysis of the textual motifs associated with the Saami in medieval literature (their relevance and prevalence), geo-political affairs, trading relations, personal relations and Saami presence in the south. By using decolonising tools to read Norse-Saami relations in medieval texts, influenced by archaeological material and postcolonial frameworks, the study challenges lingering colonial assumptions about the role of the Saami in Norse society. The current research episteme is re-adjusted to offer alternative readings of Saami characters and emphasis is put on agency, fluidity and the dynamic realities of the Saami medieval pasts. 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia$2bisacsh 610 $aMiddle Ages. 610 $aNorthern Literature. 610 $aSaami. 610 $aScandinavia. 610 $apostcolonialism. 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia. 700 $aWang$b Solveig Marie, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01350518 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 912 $a996517771503316 996 $aDecolonising Medieval Fennoscandia$93088692 997 $aUNISA