Syllabus:

Viking Age Societies in Scandinavia. Historical and Archaeological perspectives, 15 credits

Swedish name: Viking Age Societies in Scandinavia. Historical and Archaeological perspectives

This syllabus is valid: 2009-06-29 and until further notice

Course code: 1HI049

Credit points: 15

Education level: First cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: History: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements

Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail

Responsible department: Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies

The main focus is on the Viking Age in Scandinavia, a period of great changes (800-1050). The course deals with Viking society, gender issues, the establishment of the international trading net work, religion and religious change. The exploration of the outside world and the Vikings impact on other cultures will also be discussed, as well as other cultures influence on Scandinavian society at the time. The teachers are historians and archaeologists.

Expected learning outcomes

After the course the student is expected to: - have an overall knowledge of Scandinavian societies during the period 800 1050. - be able to discuss social, political and religious changes in Scandinavia during the period - be able to discuss living conditions among people from a class and gender perspective - know what sources the archaeological and historical interpretations are based upon

Required Knowledge

General entry requirements

Form of instruction

Teaching is conducted through internet.

Examination modes

Examination will include written reports and individual essays. The grade is an overall assessment of the performance at the various examinations and is awarded first when all of the compulsory modules are passed. ACADEMIC CREDIT TRANSFER Academic credit transfers are reviewed individually.

Literature

Valid from: 2010 week 26

Clover Carol J.
Regardless of sex : men, women, and power in early northern Europe
1993 :
Mandatory

Jesch Judith
Women in the Viking age
Woodbridge : Boydell : 1991 : 239 s. :
ISBN: 0-85115-278-3 (inb.)
Mandatory
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Miller William Ian
Bloodtaking and peacemaking : feud, law, and society in Saga Iceland
Chicago : University of Chicago Press : 1990 : 407 s. :
ISBN: 0-226-52679-8 (cloth)
Mandatory
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From Viking to Crusader : the Scandinavians and Europe 800-1200
Wilson David M., Roesdahl Else
København : Nordisk Ministerråd : 1992 : 429 s. :
ISBN: 87-7303-558-0
Mandatory
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Sawyer Peter
Kings and Vikings : Scandinavia and Europe AD 700-1100
London : Methuen : 1982 : x, 182 s., [8] pl.-bl. :
ISBN: 0-416-74180-0 (inb.) ; $15.95
Mandatory
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