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Diaspora and identity in the Viking Age
Author(s) -
ABRAMS LESLEY
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
early medieval europe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1468-0254
pISSN - 0963-9462
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0254.2011.00333.x
Subject(s) - diaspora , eleventh , ninth , human settlement , history , period (music) , viking age , identity (music) , exploratory analysis , archaeology , geography , ancient history , ethnology , anthropology , sociology , gender studies , art , aesthetics , computer science , physics , data science , acoustics
This article investigates the implications of the recent application of the term ‘diaspora’ to the overseas settlements of the Viking Age and offers a speculative assessment, based on literary, historical, archaeological, sculptural and onomastic evidence, of how the concept might contribute to our understanding of the cultural dynamics of the period. This exploratory look at connectivity in the ‘viking world’ considers the respective roles of the Scandinavian homelands and overseas settlements in the interplay of cultural forces from the ninth to the eleventh century.