Ever since the days of Saxo and the story of Thyra Dannebod as the builder of the Dannewerk, fortification has been seen as an intergrated historical narrative when we describe the centuries of the Viking Age. Nowadays, we are not only addressing large externally oriented structures when we research Viking Age fortifications, but also internal structures which are likely to belong in local contexts.
Research has long been focussing on the eventful decades of Harald Bluetooth's reign in the late 900s. However, new studies dealing with the basic settlement development in Viking Age society, as well as (new) studies in a number of specific structures, have provides a new data basis for looking at the genealogy and context of the fortified Viking Age in a broader perspective.
This symposium invited presentations which explore these and other themes in Viking Age research. The theme encompasses all periods, genres and disciplines.
Author(s): Jesper Hansen, Mette Bruus
Series: Archaeological & Historical Studies in Centrality, 3
Publisher: University Press of Southern Denmark
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 86
City: Odense
Contributors 6
PREFACE / THE FORTIFIED VIKING AGE. 36th Interdisciplinary Viking Symposium – 17 May 2017 / Mette Bruus & Jesper Hansen 7
Henne Kirkeby Vest, a fortified settlement on the West coast of Denmark / Lene B. Frandsen 8
Erritsø – A fortified Early Viking Age manor near Lillebælt. New investigations and research perspectives / Christian Juel & Mads Ravn 16
"...nú knáttu Óðin sjá": The Function of Hall-Based, Ritualised Performances of Old Norse Poetry in Pre-Christian Nordic Religion / Simon Nygaard 26
Early Viking camps in Scandinavia and abroad / Arjen Heijnis 35
New archaeological investigations at Nonnebakken, a Viking Age fortress in Odense / Mads Runge 44
The Borgring Project 2016–2018 / Jonas Christensen, Nanna Holm, Maja K. Schultz, Søren M. Sindbæk & Jens Ulriksen 60
The Danevirke in the light of recent excavations / Astrid Tummuscheit & Frauke Witte 69
Emporia, sceattas and kingship in 8th C. "Denmark" / Morten Søvsø 75
