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The Viking Diaspora (Hardcover)
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The Viking Diaspora (Hardcover)
Series: The Medieval World
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The Viking Diaspora presents the early medieval migrations of
people, language and culture from mainland Scandinavia to new homes
in the British Isles, the North Atlantic, the Baltic and the East
as a form of 'diaspora'. It discusses the ways in which migrants
from Russia in the east to Greenland in the west were conscious of
being connected not only to the people and traditions of their
homelands, but also to other migrants of Scandinavian origin in
many other locations. Rather than the movements of armies, this
book concentrates on the movements of people and the shared
heritage and culture that connected them. This on-going contact
throughout half a millennium can be traced in the laws,
literatures, material culture and even environment of the various
regions of the Viking diaspora. Judith Jesch considers all of these
connections, and highlights in detail significant forms of cultural
contact including gender, beliefs and identities. Beginning with an
overview of Vikings and the Viking Age, the nature of the evidence
available, and a full exploration of the concept of 'diaspora', the
book then provides a detailed demonstration of the appropriateness
of the term to the world peopled by Scandinavians. This book is the
first to explain Scandinavian expansion using this model, and
presents the Viking Age in a new and exciting way for students of
Vikings and medieval history.
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