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The Performance of Viking Identity in Museums
The Performance of Viking Identity in Museums explores the representations and uses of Vikings in museums across Iceland, British Isles and Norway. Drawing on theories from history, philosophy, museology, and sociology, the book analyses how the Viking myth is used by visitors to make sense of present-day society, culture, and politics and the role of museums in this meaning-making process. Demonstrating that the Viking myth is present in collective memory and plays an important role in the construction and modification of collective, national, and personal identities, the book analyses this process through the framework of museums and their visitors. Identifying museums as places where heri...
The Vikings
Describes the Vikings, including their history, weapons, and way of life.
Viking Invaders and Settlers
Describes the Viking invasions that led to their settling in Britain, their way of life and the influence this had on the English language and customs. Suggested level : primary, intermediate.
The Viking's Dirham: Trade and Politics in the Early Medieval World
The Viking Age was a period of great change and upheaval in Europe. The Vikings, a seafaring people from Scandinavia, raided and traded throughout the continent, leaving a lasting impact on the history of many countries. One of the most important objects that the Vikings brought with them was the dirham, a silver coin that was widely used in the Islamic world. The dirham was first introduced to the Vikings through their trading contacts with the Abbasid Caliphate. The Caliphate was a powerful Islamic empire that stretched from Spain to India. The dirham was the official currency of the Caliphate, and it was widely used in trade throughout the Islamic world. The Vikings quickly recognized the...
Women in the Viking Age
Through runic inscriptions and behind the veil of myth, Jesch discovers the true story of viking women. Well-illustrated, closely argued and fascinating. GUARDIAN This is the first book-length study in English to investigate what women did in the Viking age, both at home in Scandinavia and in the Viking colonies from Greenland to Russia. Evidence for their lives is fragmentary, but Judith Jesch assembles the clues provided by archaeology, runic inscriptions, place names and personal names, foreign historical records and Old Norse literature and mythology. These sources illuminate different aspects of women's lives in the Viking age, on the farms and in the trading centres of Scandinavia, abroad on Viking expeditions, and as settlers in places such as Iceland and the British Isles. Women in the Viking Age explores an unfamiliar aspect of medieval history and offers a new perspective on Viking society, very different from the traditional picture of a violent and male-dominated world. JUDITH JESCH is Reader in Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham.
