Conceptualizing the Enemy in Early Northwest Europe
Author | : Karin E. Olsen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9782503560939 |
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Author | : Karin E. Olsen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9782503560939 |
Author | : Galina Krasskova |
Publisher | : Weiser Books |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2019-12-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1633411486 |
An accessible yet in-depth guide to this increasingly popular pre-Christian religious tradition of Northern Europe Heathenry, is one of the fastest growing polytheistic religious movements in the United States today. This book explores the cosmology, values, ethics, and rituals practiced by modern heathens. In A Modern Guide to Heathenry readers will have the opportunity to explore the sacred stories of the various heathen gods like Odin, Frigga, Freya, and Thor and will be granted a look into the devotional practices of modern votaries. Blóts, the most common devotional rites, are examined in rich detail with examples given for personal use. Additionally, readers are introduced to the concept of wyrd, or fate, so integral to the heathen worldview. Unlike many books on heathenry, this one is not denomination-specific, nor does it seek to overwhelm the reader with unfamiliar Anglo-Saxon or Norse terminology. For Pagans who wish to learn more about the Norse deities or those who are new to heathenry or who are simply interested in learning about this unique religion, A Modern Guide to Heathenry is the perfect introduction. Those who wish to deepen their own devotional practice will find this book helpful in their own work as well.
Author | : Megan Cavell |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2020-03-13 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1526133733 |
Capitalising on developments in the field over the past decade, Riddles at work provides an up-to-date microcosm of research on the early medieval riddle tradition. The book presents a wide range of traditional and experimental methodologies. The contributors treat the riddles both as individual poems and as parts of a tradition, but, most importantly, they address Latin and Old English riddles side-by-side, bringing together texts that originally developed in conversation with each other but have often been separated by scholarship. Together, the chapters reveal that there is no single, right way to read these texts but rather a multitude of productive paths. This book will appeal to students and scholars of early medieval studies. It contains new as well as established voices, including Jonathan Wilcox, Mercedes Salvador-Bello and Jennifer Neville.
Author | : Karin E. Olsen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : English poetry |
ISBN | : 9782503552279 |
Despite the prominence of conflicts in all mythological and heroic literature, perceptions of these conflicts and their participants are shaped by different cultural influences. Socio-economic, political, and religious factors all influence how conflict is perceived and depicted in literary form. This volume provides the first comparative analysis to explore conceptions of conflict and otherness in the literary and cultural contexts of the early North Sea world by investigating the use of metaphor in Old English, Old Norse, and Early Irish poetry. Applying Conceptual Metaphor Theory together with literary and anthropological analysis, the study examines metaphors of conflict and alterity in a range of (pseudo-)mythological, heroic, and occasional poetry, including Beowulf, Old Norse skaldic and eddic verse, and poems from the celebrated 'Ulster Cycle'. This unique approach not only sheds new light on a wide spectrum of metaphorical techniques, but also draws important conclusions concerning the common cultural heritage behind these three poetic corpora.
Author | : Melissa Pollock |
Publisher | : Brepols Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : England |
ISBN | : 9782503540405 |
This book examines the relationship between and identities within the three kingdoms of Scotland, France, and England from c. 1100 until the crown of England lost Normandy, Anjou, Maine, and Touraine in 1204. Diplomatic and political relations were unique in the twelfth century because the three kingdoms were united by a ruling class that spanned the Channel. This aristocratic, Anglo-French structure beginning with the Norman invasion in 1066 disrupted and delayed the development of a unitary national identity within each of the three kingdoms. Men and women identified themselves with more than one royal overlord as long as they held fees of multiple kings and, as such, national identity was a moveable feast. This situation created a complex political web that often damaged consistent loyalty to any one king or overlord, as each member of a kin group changed alliances based on territorial threats and on the interests of their familial networks. Furthermore, alliances formed between families in the Anglo-French realm had a significant impact on political decision-making in Scotland because the Anglo-French Scots were intimately bound to this structure through their own kin networks and land bases. Significantly, this work dispels the prevailing myth that the Anglo-French who settled in Scotland did not see themselves as part of the cross-Channel world but as 'Scots' by the end of the twelfth century.
Author | : Lars Boje Mortensen |
Publisher | : Brepols Pub |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9782503542362 |
The present collection explores a hitherto understudied body of Nordic medieval literature which, although overlooked in traditional, language-based narratives, was in fact crucial in shaping social and religious identities. By drawing on the 'performance turn' in cultural studies, the volume identifies a number of minor and peripheral literary forms and texts that had a vital connection to ritual and ritualized speech. These neglected traditions therefore offer an alternative insight into Nordic literary life and the sets of cultural expression, or storyworlds, underlying Nordic culture. The collected studies explore different aspects of verbal performances as a primary vehicle for the Nordic storyworlds, with a preference for the Christian over the pagan traditions. Emphasis is placed on Latin, Old Norse, and Finnish traditions that were retold and reproduced over time. These 'living' literary forms highlight the importance of non-canonical texts for the interpretation of contact between the peripheries and centres of Nordic culture. Through the focus on the interaction between Latin and the vernacular, between eastern Baltic and western Latin influences, and between ritual and speech in religious practice, this collection demonstrates the importance of 'minor' texts for the re-construction of medieval Nordic culture and history.
Author | : Stephen Thomas Knight |
Publisher | : Brepols Pub |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9782503540542 |
The Robin Hood tradition is a rich assembly of exciting stories, more than 500 years old and still thriving. These essays uncover innovative topics like Robin's relation with the cult of archery in the late Middles Ages, the purpose of the recently-discovered 1670s Forresters manuscript of outlaw ballads, and much more.
Author | : Cas Mudde |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Conservatism |
ISBN | : 9780511341434 |
The first comprehensive and truly pan-European study of populist radical right parties in Europe.
Author | : Dr. Robert F. Baumann |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2015-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782899650 |
[Includes 12 maps and 4 tables] In recent years, the U.S. Army has paid increasing attention to the conduct of unconventional warfare. However, the base of historical experience available for study has been largely American and overwhelmingly Western. In Russian-Soviet Unconventional Wars in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Afghanistan, Dr. Robert F. Baumann makes a significant contribution to the expansion of that base with a well-researched analysis of four important episodes from the Russian-Soviet experience with unconventional wars. Primarily employing Russian sources, including important archival documents only recently declassified and made available to Western scholars, Dr. Baumann provides an insightful look at the Russian conquest of the Caucasian mountaineers (1801-59), the subjugation of Central Asia (1839-81), the reconquest of Central Asia by the Red Army (1918-33), and the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-89). The history of these wars—especially as it relates to the battle tactics, force structure, and strategy employed in them—offers important new perspectives on elements of continuity and change in combat over two centuries. This is the first study to provide an in-depth examination of the evolution of the Russian and Soviet unconventional experience on the predominantly Muslim southern periphery of the former empire. There, the Russians encountered fierce resistance by peoples whose cultures and views of war differed sharply from their own. Consequently, this Leavenworth Paper addresses not only issues germane to combat but to a wide spectrum of civic and propaganda operations as well.
Author | : European Association of Social Anthropologists. Conference |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780415132169 |
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.