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The Acculturation of Scandinavians in England: A Consideration of the Burial Record
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McLeod, Shane, The Acculturation of Scandinavians in England: A Consideration of the Burial Record, Australian Early Medieval Association. Journal, 9 pp. 61-87. ISSN 1449-9320 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
The portrayal of the ‘Vikings’ as an archetypal barbarian ‘other,’ wreaking death
and destruction wherever they went, was already current in the medieval period,
but in England the depictions became more extreme in the centuries after the
attacks. This paper will focus on the texts and archaeology of ninth- and tenthcentury
England and argue that in many respects Scandinavians were not as
‘other’ as later medieval writers believed. Furthermore, once Scandinavian
groups settled in England the notion of ‘otherness’ appears to have quickly
disappeared. Particular attention will be paid to the burial record as a means of
identifying probable Scandinavians, and for evidence of acculturation to Anglo-
Saxon Christian burial customs.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | History, Heritage and Archaeology |
| Research Group: | Historical studies |
| Research Field: | Historical studies not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology |
| UTAS Author: | McLeod, Shane (Dr Shane McLeod) |
| ID Code: | 88067 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Deposited By: | School of Humanities |
| Deposited On: | 2014-01-09 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-03 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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