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In the ninth century, Vikings carried out raids on the Christian north and Muslim south of the Iberian peninsula (modern Spain and Portugal), going on to attack North Africa, southern Francia and Italy and perhaps sailing as far as Byzantium. A century later, Vikings killed a bishop of Santiago de Compostela and harried the coasts of al-Andalus. Most of the raids after this date were small in scale, but several heroes of the Old Norse sagas were said to have raided in the peninsula. These Vikings have been only a footnote to the history of the Viking Age. Many stories about their activities survive only in elaborate versions written centuries after the event, and in Arabic. This book reconsiders the Arabic material as part of a dossier that also includes Latin chronicles and charters as well as archaeological and place-name evidence. Arabic authors and their Latin contemporaries remembered Vikings in Iberia in surprisingly similar ways. How they did so sheds light on contemporary responses to Vikings throughout the medieval world
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"There are key aspects of the Viking settlement of the Isle of Man that remain unexplained: When did first contact take place? When was a permanent settlement established? Was the island conquered violently or did a peaceful settlement take place? This study uses a careful analysis of the source materials from archeological and written records to reconstruct a totally new image of the Scandinavian presence in the Irish Sea"--
Vikings --- Viking antiquities --- Civilization, Viking --- Antiquités vikings --- Civilisation viking --- Isle of Man --- Ile de Man --- History. --- Histoire --- Antiquités vikings
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Ab dem späten 8. Jahrhundert segelten Wikinger in die Irische See, und die Chroniken zeichnen über Jahrzehnte ein eindeutiges Bild von ihnen als Heiden und Piraten. Dass sie auch auf die Isle of Man gelangten und sich dort ansiedelten, belegen reiche archäologische Zeugnisse. In Bezug auf Chronologie und Charakter der skandinavischen Anwesenheit auf Man führen aber in der Forschung zwei unterschiedliche Herangehensweisen zu zwei ebenso unterschiedlichen und unvereinbaren Ergebnissen. So sind zentrale Punkte nicht gesichert: Zum einen, wann der erste Kontakt und wann eine dauerhafte Ansiedlung stattgefunden haben; zum anderen, ob die Insel Opfer von Raubzügen und gewaltsam erobert und besetzt wurde oder ob man sich eher friedlich ansiedeln konnte, und wie in der Folge beide Gruppen mit- oder gegeneinander auf Man lebten. Diesen Fragen wird hier erstmals detailliert nachgegangen: Eine sorgfältige quellenkritische Untersuchung der archäologischen, historischen, literarischen, kunsthistorischen und epigraphischen Zeugnisse stellt das verfügbare Quellenmaterial dar, hinterfragt traditionelle Paradigmen, diskutiert ihre Schlüsse und formuliert eine neue These zur Rekonstruktion der frühen Wikingerzeit auf der Isle of Man.
Vikings --- Viking antiquities --- Civilization, Viking --- Isle of Man --- History. --- Celts. --- Scandinavian settlement. --- Vikings.
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Civilization, Viking. --- Viking civilization --- Vikings --- Civilization --- Hårdh, Birgitta,
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913 : l'abbaye bénédictine de Landévennec, pionnière de la réforme carolingienne en Bretagne, est incendiée par les Vikings. Les moines se sont enfuis, emportant leurs reliques, jusqu'à Montreuil-sur Mer, d'où ils ne reviendront que vingt-cinq ans plus tard, une fois la péninsule armoricaine reprise et pacifiée par le duc Alain Barbetorte, au terme d'un processus dans lequel l'Abbé Jean de Landévennec passe pour avoir joué un rôle important. Au milieu du XXe siècle, le mouvement nationaliste breton fera de cet épisode l'un des symboles de la résistance bretonne aux agressions étrangères. Les études historiques et archéologiques rassemblées ici, en hommage à Jean-Christophe Cassard, font le point sur Landévennec à l'époque carolingienne, sur les invasions des Vikings en Bretagne et dans les régions voisines, et sur la construction de la mémoire de ces évènements, jusqu'à leur mythification contemporaine.
Cassard, Jean-Christophe --- Landévennec (Finistère) --- Vikings --- Finistère (France)
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Danes --- Scandinavians --- Vikings --- Northmen --- Ethnology --- Danish people --- History. --- Wessex (England) --- Great Britain --- History --- Antiquities.
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This volume contains contributions from leading scholars working at the forefront of Irish medieval studies. It includes essays on archaeology, ecclesiology, hagiography, medieval history, genealogy, language, literature and toponymy. Subjects explored include : Latin and learning in early medieval Ireland; the historical context of early medieval literature; Viking armies and the importance of the Hiberno-Norse naval fleets; Ireland and its connections with the Scandinavian world; recent studies of wooden and Romanesque churches in pre-Norman Ireland; the coming of the Anglo-Normans; hitherto unpublished Anglo Norman charters ; the origin and function of medieval rural deaneries; secular and ecclesiastical histories of later medieval Kilkenny; and the ‘named son’ in 16th-century Ireland.
Archaeology, Medieval --- Middle Ages. --- Vikings --- Viking antiquities. --- Civilization, Viking --- Archéologie médiévale --- Moyen Age --- Antiquités vikings --- Civilisation viking --- Ó Corrãin, Donnchadh. --- Ireland --- Irlande --- History --- Civilization. --- Kings and rulers. --- Histoire --- Civilisation --- Rois et souverains --- Archéologie médiévale --- Antiquités vikings --- Ó Corráin, Donnchadh. --- Archaeology, Medieval - Ireland. --- Vikings - Ireland. --- Civilization, Viking - Ireland. --- Ó Corráin, Donnchadh --- Ireland - History - To 1603. --- Ireland - Civilization. --- Ireland - Kings and rulers.
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Vikings --- Spain --- Mediterranean Region --- Espagne --- Méditerranée, Région de la --- History --- Histoire --- Méditerranée, Région de la
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Viking antiquities --- Quarries and quarrying --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Antiquités vikings --- Carrières (Exploitations minières) --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- History --- Histoire --- Norway --- Norway --- Norvège --- Norvège --- History --- Antiquities --- Histoire --- Antiquités
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"Roman Reflections uses a series of detailed and deeply researched case studies to explore how Roman society connected with and influenced Northern Europe during the Iron and Viking Ages. In an original way, the book brings late prehistoric Denmark--best known for its so-called 'bog bodies'--into a world dominated by textual histories, principally that of Tacitus. The studies include a new examination of the bog-bodies of the late first millennium BC, a classical archaeological puzzle: men, women and children murdered yet respected in death and adorned with items of fine clothing. A second essay challenges traditionally held ideas about the Cimbri by exploring the textual and archaeological evidence, including the startling and famous European artefact, the Gundestrup silver cauldron. The other studies comprise an archaeologically founded modernist discussion of the ethnography of Tacitus' Germania, in particular considering the character of ancient Germanic Bronze and Iron Age societies; a linguistic exploration of the Latin inheritance in Northern European names and places, much of which seems to have been invented by the Romans; and an analysis of the origins of the Danes. Throughout, traditional sources and history are presented in conjunction with new archaeological observations and interpretations. In an accessible way, Roman Reflections assesses Denmark's part on a larger stage, showing how foundations were laid for its zenith in Viking times"--
HISTORY / Ancient / Rome. --- HISTORY / Europe / General. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. --- Romans --- Iron age --- Vikings --- Bog bodies --- Cimbri (Germanic people) --- Social archaeology --- History. --- Histoire --- Tacitus, Cornelius. --- Europe, Northern --- Denmark --- Europe --- Europe septentrionale --- Danemark --- Antiquities. --- Civilization --- Roman influences --- Antiquités --- Civilisation --- Influence romaine --- Romains --- Age du fer --- Hommes des tourbières --- Cimbres --- Archéologie sociale --- Hommes des tourbières --- Archéologie sociale --- Antiquités
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