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Scandinavian History in the Viking Age
[A22] P. Sawyer, (ed.), The Oxford illustrated history of the Vikings (1997) [UL 592:12.c.95.52]
[A23] K. Helle, (ed.), The Cambridge history of Scandinavia, vol. 1: prehistory to 1520 (2003) [UL
592:1.c.200.2]
Viking-age Scandinavia
Relatively less popular attention has been paid to the history of Scandinavia during the Viking age, and a
further problem for the English-speaking student is that most of the detailed research has naturally been
conducted in the Scandinavian languages. The deceptively named (A33) is still the most comprehensive
attempt to address the social history of Viking-age Scandinavia in English, even though it is now
outdated on many points; a better place to start would be with the sections devoted to Scandinavia in
many of the volumes cited above, especially (A21). For more specific work on Viking-age Scandinavia,
as well as references to material concerning the pre-Viking (Iron age) and post-Viking (mediaeval)
periods, see section (C).
[A30] A. Olrik, Viking civilization, rev. by H. Ellekilde (1930) [UL 592:12.d.90.3]
[A31] L. Musset, Les peuples scandinaves au moyen age (1951) [UL 592:12.c.95.6]; a classic study for
those willing to tackle a bit of French
[A32] G. Turville-Petre, The heroic age of Scandinavia (1951) [UL 9592.d.17]
[A33] P.G. Foote and D.M. Wilson, The Viking achievement: the society and culture of early medieval
Scandinavia (1970), 2nd edn (1980) [UL 1st edn 592:12.c.95.15, 2nd edn 592:12.c.95.30]
[A34] J. Jesch, Women in the Viking age (1991) [UL 592:1.c.95.23]
[A35] B. and P. Sawyer, Medieval Scandinavia from conversion to Reformation, circa 800-1500, The
Nordic series 17 (1993) [UL 592:1.c.95.34]
[A36] N. Lund, ‘Scandinavia, c. 700-1066’, (A101):202-27
Major series
Most volumes of collected papers, including Festschriften and conference proceedings, are gathered
together at the end in section (O). However, some series are too significant to be relegated as endnotes in
this way.
The Viking congresses
The most significant is the series of Viking congresses held every few years since 1950 in various
locations of Scandinavian significance. These are of significance not only for showing the development
of thinking in the field, but also for providing numerous presentations in condensed form that would
otherwise be inaccessible in English.
[A40] The Viking congress, Lerwick, July 1950, ed. W.D. Simpson, Aberdeen University studies 132
(1954) [UL 592:12.c.95.2]; with a heavy concentration on the Scottish isles
[A41] Annen Viking kongress, Bergen 1953, ed. K. Falck, Universitetet i Bergen årbok: hist.-antikv.
rekke 1955:1 [UL P500.b.171.8]
[A42] Þriðji víkingafundur: third Viking Congress, Reykjavík 1956, ed. K. Eldjárn, Árbók hins íslenzka
fornleifafélags, fylgirit 1958 [UL P599.b.1.14]
[A43] The fourth Viking Congress, York, August 1961, ed. A. Small, Aberdeen University studies 149
(1965) [UL 592:12.c.95.8]
[A44] The fifth Viking congress, Tórshavn, July 1965, ed. B. Niclasen (1968) [UL 592:12.c.95.13]
[A45] Proceedings of the sixth Viking congress, Uppsala 3-10 August, Bonäs, Dalarna, 10-12 August
1969, edd. P. Foote and D. Strömbäck (1971) [UL 592:12.c.95.19]
[A46] Proceedings of the seventh Viking congress, Dublin, 15-21 August 1973, edd. B. Almqvist and D.
Greene (1976) [UL 592:12.c.95.25]
[A47] Proceedings of the eighth Viking Congress, Århus, 24-31 August 1977, edd. H. Bekker-Nielsen et
al., Mediaeval Scandinavia supplement 2 (1981) [UL P592.b.7.2]
[A48] The Viking age in the Isle of Man: select papers from the ninth Viking congress, Isle of Man, 4-14
July 1981, edd. C. Fell et al. (1983) [UL 480:1.c.95.23]
[A49] Proceedings of the tenth Viking Congress, Larkollen, Norway, 1985, ed. J.E. Knirk, Universitetets
Oldsaksamlings skrifter ny rekke 9 (1987) [UL 592:12.c.95.44]
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