Contacts and Networks in the Baltic Sea Region : Austmarr as a northern mare nostrum, ca. 500-1500 AD /

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Since prehistoric times, the Baltic Sea has functioned as a northern mare nostrum - a crucial nexus that has shaped the languages, folklore, religions, literature, technology, and identities of the Germanic, Finnic, Sámi, Baltic, and Slavic peoples. This anthology explores the networks among those p...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Aalto, Sirpa (Contribuidor), Bentlin, Mikko (Contribuidor), Bertell, Maths (Contribuidor, Editor ), Frog (Editor , Contribuidor), Harvilahti, Lauri (Contribuidor), Jackson, Tatjana (Contribuidor), Korpela, Jukka (Contribuidor), Kouvola, Karolina (Contribuidor), Podossinov, Aleksandr (Contribuidor), Słupecki, Leszek (Contribuidor), Willson, Frog (Contribuidor), Willson, Kendra (Contribuidor, Editor ), Åhfeldt, Laila Kitzler (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]
Colección:Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies ; 11
Temas:
High Middle Ages.
History, Art History, and Archaeology.
International Relations.
Medieval Studies.
HISTORY / Europe / Baltic States.
contacts, circum-Baltic, archaeology, history, mythology,.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • List of maps, figures and tables
  • Note on alphabetisation
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Looking across the Baltic Sea and over linguistic fences
  • Section 1. Mental maps
  • 1 The northern part of the Ocean in the eyes of ancient geographers
  • 2 Austmarr on the mental map of medieval Scandinavians
  • 3 The connection between geographical space and collective memory in Jómsvíkinga saga
  • Section 2. Mobility
  • 4 Rune carvers traversing Austmarr?
  • 5 Polish noble families and noblemen of Scandinavian origin in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
  • 6 A medieval trade in female slaves from the north along the Volga
  • Section 3. Language
  • 7 Ahti on the Nydam strap-ring
  • 8 Low German and Finnish revisited
  • Section 4. Myth and religion formation
  • 9 Mythic logic and meta-discursive practices in the Scandinavian and Baltic regions
  • 10 The artificial bride on both sides of the Gulf of Finland
  • 11 Local Sámi bear ceremonialism in a Circum-Baltic perspective
  • 12 Mythologies in transformation
  • Contributors
  • Indices

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