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The Viking World

Stefan Brink, +1 more
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In this paper, the development of nation states (riki) is discussed in the context of the Viking Age in the British Isles and in the North Atlantic region of modern-day Russia and the East.
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Part 1: Viking Age Scandinavia People, Society and Social Institutions. Living Space. Technology and Trade. Warfare and Weaponry. Pre-Christian Religion and Belief. Language, Literature and Art Part 2: The Viking Expansion The British Isles. Continental Europe and the Mediterranean. The Baltic. Russia and the East. The North Atlantic Part 3: Scandinavia Enters the European Stage The Coming of Christianity. The Development of Nation States (riki)

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Orality and literacy : the technologizing of the word

TL;DR: Hartley as discussed by the authors discusses the psychodynamics of orality of language in the context of the oral past and present, and the evolution of the human mind from oral to written language.
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The Singer of Tales

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a theory for singing in Medieval Epic Appendices, including the Iliad, Odyssey, and Iliads, as well as some notes on medieval epics.
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Ideology, materialization, and power strategies.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that ideology is materialized, or given concrete form, in order to be a part of the human culture that is broadly shared by members of a society.
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Craft and the Kingly Ideal: Art, Trade, and Power

Mary W. Helms
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the relationship between artisans and political authority in the context of Gilgamesh's "Skilled Artisans in Time and Space" and the "Kingly Craft of Building".