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Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse

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ISBN-10: 0851158269

ISBN-13: 9780851158266

Edition: 2001

Authors: Judith Jesch

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This is a critical survey of the vocabulary associated with Viking ships and their crews, of fleets and sailing and battles at sea. It is based on runic and skaldic evidence from around 950-1100.
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Book details

List price: $125.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Limited
Publication date: 6/14/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.49" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English

List of figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Rocks and Rhymes
The Karlevi stone
Runic inscriptions, skaldic verse and the late Viking Age
Literacy and orality
The runic corpus
The skaldic corpus
Semantic study of skaldic verse and runic inscriptions
Sources and conventions
Ships and men in the late Viking Age
Viking Activities
Vikings
Death and war
Trade
Pilgrimage
Viking Destinations
'East' and 'west'
The western route
The European continent and further south
The eastern route
Scandinavia
Ships and Sailing
Words for 'ship'
Names of ships
The ship and its parts
In harbour and on land
The vocabulary of sailing
The Crew, the Fleet and Battles at Sea
Manning a ship
The fleet and the troop
Battles at sea
Group and Ethos in War and Trade
The group and its vocabulary
The ideology of battle
The symbolism of battle: ravens and banners
Murder and betrayal
Treachery and politics
Epilogue: Kings and Ships
From vikings to kings
Royal and other ships in the eleventh century
Works cited
The runic corpus
The skaldic corpus
Index of words and names
General index
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