TY  - BOOK
AU  - Steinsland,Gro
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Ideology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages: Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney, and the Faeroes 
T2  - Northern world,
AV  - DL65 .I34 2011eb
U1  - 948/.02 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Vikings
KW  - History
KW  - Middle Ages
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Ideology
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - Scandinavia
KW  - To 1397
KW  - Iceland
KW  - To 1262
KW  - Ireland
KW  - To 1603
KW  - Orkney (Scotland)
KW  - Faroe Islands
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Ideology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages : Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney, and the Faeroes / Gro Steinsland -- Origin myths and rulership : from the Viking Age ruler to the ruler of medieval historiography : continuity, transformations, and innovations / Gro Steinsland -- Kings, earls, and chieftains : rulers in Norway, Orkney, and Iceland, c. 900-1300 / Jón Viðar Sigurðsson -- Jarla sögur Orkneyja : status and power of the earls of Orkney according to their sagas / Ian Beuermann -- An arena for higher powers : cult buildings and rulers in the late Iron Age and the early medieval period in the Malar region / Olof Sundqvist -- From wine in a goblet to milk in cowdung : the transformation of early Christian kings in three post-Viking tales from Ireland / Jan Erik Rekdal -- The warrior in Old Norse religion / Jens Peter Schjodt -- Oðinn, Valhöll, and the Einherjar : eschatological myth and ideology in the late Viking period / Anders Hultgard -- Family matters? : the cultus of the Scandinavian royal martyrs / Joanna A. Skorzewska -- Conclusions: The long adaptation of pagan and Christian ideologies of rulership / Ian Beuermann; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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ER  -