ENGLAND AND THE CONTINENT IN THE NINTH CENTURY: II, THE VIKINGS AND OTHERS
Janet L. Nelson
This essay reviews the historiography of Vikings, especially in England, from nineteenth century onwards. Successive constructions Vikings as ‘ancestors’ or ‘Others’ are shown to reveal more about quests for identity on part those who devised them than ninth-century Scandinavians. In rest essay, interactions Danish groups and individuals with Franks Anglo-Saxons examined particular places times. It is argued that these display contacts multiple kinds, including much collaboration some integration, often promoted by lordly royal interests. suggested findings explicable terms reshapings individual group identities a broad context cultural likeness adaptability.
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