scholarly journals Collectif, Frisians and their North Sea Neighbours from the Fifth Century to the Viking Age

2017 ◽  
pp. 476-478
Author(s):  
Stéphane Lebecq
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Fifth Century ◽  
Viking Age

Developments around the Baltic and the North Sea in the Viking Age

1996 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 639
Author(s):  
Peter S. Wells ◽  
Bjorn Ambrosiani ◽  
Helen Clarke
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Viking Age ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
The Baltic

scholarly journals First Ladies

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-121
Author(s):  
Ingunn M. Røstad
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Fifth Century ◽  
Viking Age ◽  
Basic Form ◽  
High Quality ◽  
First Ladies

From the fifth century to the Viking Age in present-day Norway, certain women belonging to the upper strata of society were buried with high-quality ornamental bow-brooches. Although adjusting to changing styles of decoration, the practical function and basic form of the brooches - rectangular headplate, bow and rhomboidal footplate – remained more or less the same throughout the centuries they were in use. By exploring burials which include these ornamental accessories, I argue that the brooches functioned as an important factor in reproducing and continuously negotiating identity shared by certain women within the Scandinavian Iron Age elite.

Carolingian Culture in the North Sea World: Rethinking the Cultural Dynamics of Personal Adornment in Viking-Age England

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 486-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabor Thomas
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Viking Age ◽  
Cultural Dynamics ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
The North ◽  
Strategic Manipulation ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Personal Adornment

Boosted by a proliferation in metal-detected finds, categories of personal adornment now constitute a vital archaeological source for interpreting Viking-age cultural interaction in the North Sea region. Previous research in England has explored the potential of this metalwork in relation to the formation of ‘Anglo-Scandinavian’ identity, but without due consideration of a wider spectrum of cultural influences. This article redresses the balance by shifting attention to twenty-eight belt fittings derived from richly embellished baldrics, equestrian equipment, and waist belts manufactured on the Frankish continent during the period of Carolingian hegemony in the later eighth and ninth centuries AD. The metalwork is classified and then contextualized in order to track import mechanisms and to assess the impact of Carolingian culture on the northern peripheries of the Frankish empire. The main conclusion is that the adoption, adaptation, and strategic manipulation of Carolingian/northern Frankish identity formed an embedded component of cultural dynamics in Viking-age England, scrutiny of which sheds new light on patterns of interconnectivity linking peoples of the North Sea world.

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