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Sto caricando le informazioni... Heirs of the Vikingsdi Katherine Cross
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In writing a book comparing ethnic identities in tenth-century Normandy and England, Katherine Cross has taken on a very weighty task. In Normandy, in England, and in wider scholarship of the early middle ages, questions of ethnicity are extremely fraught. The study of ethnicity and its relationship to political culture is one with a long and storied historiographical past in both places, yet it is rare that direct and explicit comparison is made, and certainly not so sustained a treatment as is offered here. Yet the significance of the Viking past to both tenth-century England and tenth-century Normandy is evident, and a comparison of this sort is surely overdue. Indeed, Cross does a very respectable job of navigating her boat through the historiographical storms before berthing at some solid conclusions.
Viking settlers and their descendants inhabited both England and Normandy in the tenth century, but narratives discussing their origins diverged significantly. This comparative study explores the depictions of Scandinavia and theevents of the Viking Age in genealogies, origin myths, hagiographies, and charters from the two regions. Analysis of this literary evidence reveals the strategic use of Scandinavian identity by Norman and Anglo-Saxon elites. Countering interpretations which see claims of Viking identity as expressions of contact with Scandinavia, the comparison demonstrates the local, political significance of these claims. In doing so, the book reveals the earliest origins of familiar legends which at once demonize and romanticize the Vikings - and which have their roots in both Anglo-Saxon and Norman traditions. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)305.83Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Groups of people Ethnic and national groups ; racism, multiculturalism Germanic communitiesClassificazione LCVotoMedia: Nessun voto.Sei tu?Diventa un autore di LibraryThing. |