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Viking Friendship
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Author : Jon Vidar Sigurdsson
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2017-03-07
Viking Friendship written by Jon Vidar Sigurdsson and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-07 with History categories.
"To a faithful friend, straight are the roads and short."—Odin, from the Hávamál (c. 1000) Friendship was the most important social bond in Iceland and Norway during the Viking Age and the early Middle Ages. Far more significantly than kinship ties, it defined relations between chieftains, and between chieftains and householders. In Viking Friendship, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson explores the various ways in which friendship tied Icelandic and Norwegian societies together, its role in power struggles and ending conflicts, and how it shaped religious beliefs and practices both before and after the introduction of Christianity. Drawing on a wide range of Icelandic sagas and other sources, Sigurðsson details how loyalties between friends were established and maintained. The key elements of Viking friendship, he shows, were protection and generosity, which was most often expressed through gift giving and feasting. In a society without institutions that could guarantee support and security, these were crucial means of structuring mutual assistance. As a political force, friendship was essential in the decentralized Free State period in Iceland’s history (from its settlement about 800 until it came under Norwegian control in the years 1262–1264) as local chieftains vied for power and peace. In Norway, where authority was more centralized, kings attempted to use friendship to secure the loyalty of their subjects. The strong reciprocal demands of Viking friendship also informed the relationship that individuals had both with the Old Norse gods and, after 1000, with Christianity’s God and saints. Addressing such other aspects as the possibility of friendship between women and the relationship between friendship and kinship, Sigurðsson concludes by tracing the decline of friendship as the fundamental social bond in Iceland as a consequence of Norwegian rule.
Viking Friendship
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Author : Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Viking Friendship written by Jón Viðar Sigurðsson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.
In Viking Friendship, Jon Vidar Sigurdsson explores the various ways in which friendship tied Icelandic and Norwegian societies together, its role in power struggles and ending conflicts, and how it shaped religious beliefs and practices both before and after the introduction of Christianity.
Female Friendship
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Author : Slav N. Gratchev
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-07-12
Female Friendship written by Slav N. Gratchev and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-12 with Social Science categories.
This volume focuses on the literary and artistic exploration of female friendship in various geographical contexts, spanning the centuries from the medieval period until the present. The essays address the intense female bonding in world literature as a universal human need for intimacy, sense of belonging, and purpose. The main focus is on the reevaluation of friendships between women, which have been traditionally less epitomized than those between men. The authors of this volume demonstrate how the emotional unions of women offer compelling insights to various historical and contemporary societies, helping us understand gender relations, traditions, family life, and community values.
Friendship And Social Networks In Scandinavia C 1000 1800
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Author : Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
language : en
Publisher: Brepols Pub
Release Date : 2013
Friendship And Social Networks In Scandinavia C 1000 1800 written by Jón Viðar Sigurðsson and has been published by Brepols Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
Friendship, patron-client relationships, and social networks played a fundamental role in Scandinavian society from the Viking Age through to the Industrial Era. Personal ties were essential to Viking chieftains for building their power base, and such ties were equally crucial for early modern merchants, who used their personal bonds to create trade networks. Furthermore, social networks connected medieval men and women to the saints and to God. The articles in this book emphasize the strong correlation between political developments such as the emergence of the state and the evolution of friendships and social networks. They also highlight radical changes in the importance and contexts of friendship that occurred between the Viking Age and the late eighteenth century. During this period, friendships became far more than community-based social relationships, but rather tools for the elite in social positioning and wealth acquisition. This volume highlights the major significance of friendships and patron-client relationships to political and cultural life in medieval, early modern, and modern society. It covers social networks in Iceland, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, each of which are characterized by different societal features, ranging from the free-state republic of early medieval Iceland to the early modern kingdom of Denmark.
Two Terrible Vikings
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Author : Francesca Simon
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2021-02-02
Two Terrible Vikings written by Francesca Simon and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-02 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
This viking duo will give Horrid Henry a run for his money! What if your parents WANTED you to behave badly? Set in the snowy fjords of a Viking kingdom, the terrible twins, Hack and Whack, are proud to be the best worst vikings. Nothing stops the marauding pair as they steal boats, loot a birthday party, track a troll and sail off to raid Bad Island with their friends Twisty Pants and Dirty Ulf. Well, almost nothing . . . With whip-smart dialogue, and accompanied by Dennis the Menace style anarchic cartoon imagery, this series is as sharp, funny and compelling as you would expect from the reigning Queen of Comedy. ' As joyously anarchic as Horrid Henry . . . will have your children laughing out loud.' Cressida Cowell ' A treat for kids. A wonderfully absurd, anarchic romp.' Sarah McIntyre
Pirate Viking Scientist
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Author : Jared Chapman
language : en
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2014-11-11
Pirate Viking Scientist written by Jared Chapman and has been published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-11 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
In this funny story that's perfect for fans of Ada Twist, Scientist, a determined little boy won't rest until he proves his theory that you really can have more than one best friend! Pirate is friends with Scientist. Scientist is friends with Viking. Pirate and Viking are NOT friends. What can Scientist do? Use his brain, of course--and the scientific method! He forms a hypothesis, conducts an experiment, observes his results, and tests his subjects again and again until he discovers the perfect formula for friendship. Includes a bonus list of scientific terms and definitions, just right for young readers.
Songs Of Friendship A Storytelling Cycle
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Author : James Rowland
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-08-03
Songs Of Friendship A Storytelling Cycle written by James Rowland and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-03 with Medical categories.
JAMES ROWLAND'S STORYTELLING TRILOGY Over three years Songs of Friendship was assembled at VAULT Festival. Team Viking charts the course of his lifelong friendship with Sarah and Tom, and what happened when Tom was diagnosed with incurable heart cancer. In A Hundred Different Words for Love Sarah gets engaged at the same time as James meets someone he really likes. Revelations is James's account of being around for Sarah and her partner Emma as they take the huge step of becoming parents (and the small matter of his donating sperm for the baby). The stories are about growing up, grief, falling in love, life and death. Also lots of jokes about bums and stuff. Songs of Friendship contains additional material and appendices detailing the making of the shows plus annotated scripts with notes from the author. The Edinburgh Fringe performance was described by The Stage as 'Joyous - heart-lifting and incredibly moving...as accomplished a piece of storytelling as you could hope to see.'
Magnus The Viking
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Author : Frid Ingulstad
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Magnus The Viking written by Frid Ingulstad and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with categories.
Fortælling om den 7-årige Magnus som i år 1000 rejser med sin familie fra Grønland til Vinland, hvor han bliver ven med indianerdrengen Maku
Viking Encounters
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Author : Anne Pedersen
language : en
Publisher: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Release Date : 2020-09-25
Viking Encounters written by Anne Pedersen and has been published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-25 with History categories.
The Viking Congresses bring together scholars of archaeology, philology, history, toponymy, numismatics and a number of other disciplines to discuss the Viking Age from a variety of viewpoints. This volume contains 44 peer-reviewed papers selected from those presented at the 18th Viking Congress held in Denmark in August 2017. The contributors take up the interdisciplinary challenge, and the papers cover a wide range of subjects, rooted in the past, but also connecting to the present.
Scandinavia In The Age Of Vikings
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Author : Jon Vidar Sigurdsson
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2022-03-15
Scandinavia In The Age Of Vikings written by Jon Vidar Sigurdsson and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-15 with History categories.
In Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson returns to the Viking homeland, Scandinavia, highlighting such key aspects of Viking life as power and politics, social and kinship networks, gifts and feasting, religious beliefs, women's roles, social classes, and the Viking economy, which included farming, iron mining and metalworking, and trade. Drawing of the latest archeological research and on literary sources, namely the sagas, Sigurðsson depicts a complex and surprisingly peaceful society that belies the popular image of Norsemen as bloodthirsty barbarians. Instead, Vikings often acted out power struggles symbolically, with local chieftains competing with each other through displays of wealth in the form of great feasts and gifts, rather than arms. At home, conspicuous consumption was a Viking leader's most important virtue; the brutality associated with them was largely wreaked abroad. Sigurðsson's engaging history of the Vikings at home begins by highlighting political developments in the region, detailing how Danish kings assumed ascendency over the region and the ways in which Viking friendship reinforced regional peace. Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings then discusses the importance of religion, first pagan and (beginning around 1000 A.D.) Christianity; the central role that women played in politics and war; and how the enormous wealth brought back to Scandinavia affected the social fabric—shedding new light on Viking society.