Ships and men in the late Viking Age : the vocabulary of runic inscriptions and skaldic verse /: the vocabulary of runic inscriptions and skaldic verse. ([2008?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Judith Jesch.
• Authors: Jesch, Judith, 1954-
• Contents: LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Introduction: Rocks and Rhymes; The Karlevi stone; Runic inscriptions, skaldic verse and the late Viking Age; Literacy and orality; The runic corpus; The skaldic corpus; Verse in prose contexts; Reconstructing viking verse; The manuscript transmission; Viking verse as a historical source; Semantic study of skaldic verse and runic inscriptions; Skaldic vocabulary in context; Runes and semantics; Comparative angles; Sources and conventions; Ships and men in the late Viking Age; 2 Viking Activities; Vikings; víkingr; víking. Death and war'He died'; Battles and raids; The fall of warriors; Trade; Pilgrimage; 3 Viking Destinations; 'East' and 'west'; The western route; 'West'; England; Britain and Ireland; Further west; The European continent and further south; Saxony and Frisia; Brittany and points south; Normandy and southern Italy; Africa; The eastern route; 'East'; The Baltic area; Russia; Byzantium and Jerusalem; Ingvarr's expedition; Serkland; Scandinavia; Hedeby; Denmark to Sweden; Two more towns; 4 Ships and Sailing; Words for 'ship'; skip; skeið; skeið; dreki; knorr; Oak and pine; Miscellaneous words. Attack and defenceVictory and booty; Not like leeks and ale; 6 Group and Ethos in War and Trade; The group and its vocabulary; drengr; félagi; heimþegi; húskarl; gildi; The ideology of battle; 'He fled not'; 'He fed eagles, ravens and wolves'; The symbolism of battle: ravens and banners; Murder and betrayal; Kinds of Killing; Treachery; Loyalty; Treachery and politics; 7 Epilogue: Kings and Ships; From vikings to kings; From vikings to kings; After the Viking Age; Conclusion; WORKS CITED; APPENDIX I: THE RUNIC CORPUS; APPENDIX II: THE SKALDIC CORPUS; INDEX OF WORDS AND NAMES; GENERAL INDEX.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK Rochester, NY : Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 330 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 623.8094809021; Inscriptions, Runic; Viking ships; Sailing -- Terminology; Boats and boating -- Terminology; Old Norse language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Old Norse poetry -- History and criticism; Scalds and scaldic poetry -- History and criticism; TRANSPORTATION -- Ships & Shipbuilding -- History; HISTORY -- Military -- Naval; Boats and boating; Inscriptions, Runic; Old Norse language; Old Norse poetry; Sailing; Scalds and scaldic poetry; Viking ships; Runenschrift; Skaldenpoëzie; Scheepvaart; Terminologie; Oudnoords; Oudzweeds; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Terminology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846151538; 1846151538
• Related ISBNs: 9780851158266; 0851158269
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.