For all the richly-detailed texts that preserve (or claim to preserve) pre-Christian mythology
and beliefs, details of Germanic Nordic religious praxis in the Late Iron Age are few and far …

In recent years, the influence of Muslims and Islam on developments in medieval Europe
has captured the attention of scholars and the general public alike. Nevertheless,'conversion …

In this chapter we survey and analyse evidence for processions and their possible functions
in Viking Age Scandinavia. We propose two forms of processional movement, and examine …

Previous studies of the dísir have tended to focus on either their links with fertility or use of
the term to designate a wide range of supranatural female figures. This study reassesses the …

There is a growing acceptance that pre-Christian religion in the Nordic region was not a
single monolithic cultural system, but rather varied along a range of geographic, social …

At the cusp of Norse–Christian landscape transformation and pilgrimage, one investigates a
technical ability to survey across land and ice. Two existing large bisects (Norse “vis”) with …

Commemorative stone monuments called runestones stippled the landscapes of medieval
Scandinavia. Their upright forms distinguished them from surrounding objects and …

This study of a cultural landscape at the cusp of the Norse–Christian transformation
assumes a technical ability to accurately survey on land and ice. Beginning with probability …

In recent years, the influence of Muslims and Islam on developments in medieval Europe
has captured the attention of scholars and the general public alike. Nevertheless,'conversion …

This chapter will examine the concept of legal space in Scandinavia in the Late Iron Age (AD
550–1050) and the Early Middle Ages (AD 1050–1200). Legal space is defined as an area …