Nordic Religions in the Viking Age

Name: Nordic Religions in the Viking Age
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ISBN: 9780812217148

ISBN-10: 0812217144

ISBN-13: 9780812217148

Edition: 1999

Authors: Thomas DuBois, Ruth Mazo Karras

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The popular image of the Viking as a horn-helmeted berserker plying the ocean in a dragon-headed long boat is firmly fixed in history. Imagining Viking "conquerors" as much more numerous, technologically superior, and somehow inherently more warlike than their neighbors has overshadowed the cooperation and cultural exchange which characterized much of the Viking Age. In actuality, the Norse explorers and traders were players in a complex exchange of technology, customs, and religious beliefs between the ancient pre-Christian societies of northern Europe and the Christian-dominated nations surrounding the Mediterranean. DuBois examines Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, and Mediterranean traditions to…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 8/3/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.946

Thomas A. DuBois is a professor in the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.



Preface


Introduction: Communities of Belief



The Cultures and History of the Viking-Age North



Religions in the Viking Age: Contexts and Concepts for Analysis



Gods, Guides, and Guardians: Spiritual Aids



Visitors from Beyond: Death, Afterlife, and the Problem of Ghosts



Concepts of Health and Healing



The Intercultural Dimensions of the Seior Ritual



The Coming of the Cross: Religious and Artistic Effects



Achieving Faith: Christian Themes and Pagan Functions


Epilogue


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index