Ireland and Scandinavia in the early Viking age
1998, First Edition. Blackrock [Ireland] ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #476140
ISBN: 1851822356
Physical description; xxiii, 468 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Papers originally presented at the conference "Ireland and Scandinavia in the Early Viking Age" held in Dublin, Ireland, October 19-20, 1995. Includes bibliographical references and index. Parallel Irish extracts and English translations. Contents; The archaeology of the early Viking Age in Norway / Bjørn Myhre – Insular finds in Viking Age Scandinavia and the state formation of Norway / Egon Warners – Raiders, traders and settlers: the early Viking Age in Scotland / Christopher D. Morris – The early Viking Age in the Irish Sea area / James Graham-Campbell – The archaeology of the early Viking Age in Ireland / Raghnall Ó Floinn – Early Viking Age silver hoards from Ireland and their Scandinavian elements / John Sheehan – The location and context of Viking burials at Kilmainham and Islandbridge, Dublin / Elizabeth O'Brien – A summary classification of Viking Age swords in Ireland / Aidan Walsh – The history of the early Viking Age in Norway / Knut Helle – Ireland and the Irish in Icelandic tradition / Jónas Kristjánsson – Parallels between the Norwegian legend of St. Sunniva and Irish voyage tales / Jan Erik Rekdal – The Vikings in Ireland: a review / Charles Doherty – Proto-towns and towns in Ireland and Britain in the ninth and tenth centuries / Howard B. Clarke – Friend and foe: Vikings in ninth- and tenth-century Irish literature / Máire Ní Mhaonaigh – Ireland and Scandinavia in the early Viking Age: an archaeological response / Björn Ambrosiani – Viking Ireland: afterthoughts / Donnchadh Ó Corráin. Subjects; Vikings – Ireland – Congresses. Vikings – Scandinavia – Congresses. Irish literature – To 1100 – Congresses.
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