Contacts and networks in the Baltic Sea Region : Austmarr as a Northern mare nostrum, ca. 500-1500 CE /

Since prehistoric times, the Baltic Sea has acted as 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 first provides an in-depth introduction to the networks among tho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Willson, Kendra (Editor ), Bertell, Maths (Editor ), Frog, 1972- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019
Colección:Crossing boundaries: Turku medieval and early modern studies.
Temas:
Baltic Sea > History.
Baltique, Mer > Histoire.
Atlantic Ocean > Baltic Sea.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The northern part of the Ocean in the eyes of ancient geographers / Aleksandr Podossinov
  • Austmarr on the mental map of medieval Scandinavians / Tatjana Jackson
  • The connection between geographical space and collective memory in Jómsvíkinga saga / Sirpa Aalto
  • Rune carvers traversing Austmarr? / Laila Kitzler Åhfeldt
  • Polish noble families and noblemen of Scandinavian origin in the eleventh and twelfth centuries / Leszek Slupecki
  • A medieval trade in female slaves from the north along the Volga / Jukka Korpela
  • Ahti on the Nydam strap-ring / Kendra Willson
  • Low German and Finnish revisited / Mikko Bentlin
  • Mythic logic and meta-discursive practices in the Scandinavian and Baltic regions / Lauri Harvilahti
  • The artificial bride on both sides of the Gulf of Finland / Karolina Kouvola
  • Local Sámi bear ceremonialism in the Circum-Baltic perspective / Maths Bertell
  • Mythologies in transformation / Frog

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