Britain and its Neighbours: Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

261 Pages·2021·11.224 MB·English

by  Dirk H. Steinforth, Charles C. Rozier

BRITAIN AND ITS NEIGHBOURS
Britain and its Neighbours explores instances and periods of cultural contact and
exchanges between communities in Britain with those in other parts of Europe
between c.500 and 1700.
Collectively, the twelve case studies highlight certain aspects of cultural contact
and exchange and present neglected factors, previously overlooked evidence, and
new methodological approaches. The discussions draw from a broad range of
disciplines including archaeology, history, art history, iconography, literature,
linguistics, and legal history in order to shine new light on a multi-faceted variety
of expressions of the equally diverse and long-standing relations between Britain
and its neighbours. Organised chronologically, the volume accentuates the
consistency and continuity of social, cultural, and intellectual connections
between Britain and Continental Europe in a period that spans over a millennium.
With its range of specialised topics, Britain and its Neighbours is a useful resource
for undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars interested in cultural and
intellectual studies and the history of Britain’s long-standing connections to
Europe.
Dirk H. Steinforth is an archaeologist and translator in Göttingen, Germany.
Working as an independent researcher, he studied every aspect of the Viking Age
in the Irish Sea, particularly the Isle of Man, and published two books and various
articles on the subject.
Charles C. Rozier is Lecturer in Medieval European History at Durham
University, United Kingdom. He specialises in the intellectual culture of European
monasticism, c.800–1200, publishing widely on the writing of history and uses of
the past in medieval Europe.
Themes in Medieval and Early Modern History
This is a brand new series which straddles both medieval and early modern worlds,
encouraging readers to examine historical change over time as well as promoting
understanding of the historical continuity between events in the past, and to
challenge perceptions of periodisation. It aims to meet the demand for conceptual
or thematic topics which cross a relatively wide chronological span (any period
between c.500 and 1750), including a broad geographical scope.
Series editor: Natasha Hodgson, Nottingham Trent University.
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Britain and its Neighbours
Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Edited by Dirk H. Steinforth and Charles C. Rozier
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BRITAIN AND ITS
NEIGHBOURS
Cultural Contacts and Exchanges
in Medieval and Early Modern
Europe
Edited by Dirk H. Steinforth and Charles
C. Rozier
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Names: Steinforth, Dirk H., editor. | Rozier, Charles C., editor.
Title: Britain and its neighbours : cultural contacts and exchanges in
medieval and early modern Europe / edited by Dirk H. Steinforth and
Charles C. Rozier.
Description: London ; New York, NY : Routledge/Taylor & Francis
Group, 2021. | Series: Themes in medieval and early modern history |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020045563 | ISBN 9780367342661 (hardback) | ISBN
9780367342654 (paperback) | ISBN 9780429324741 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Cultural relations‐‐Case studies. | Civilization,
Modern‐‐British influences. | Great Britain‐‐Relations‐‐Europe. |
Europe‐‐Relations‐‐Great Britain. | Great Britain‐‐Intellectual life. |
Europe‐‐Intellectual life. | Great Britain‐‐Civilization‐‐European influences.
Classification: LCC D34.G7 B75 2021 | DDC 303.48/241040902‐‐dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020045563
ISBN: 978-0-367-34266-1 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-367-34265-4 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-0-429-32474-1 (ebk)
Typeset in Bembo
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In memory of Rotraut Steinforth (1939–2020)

CONTENTS
List of figures x
List of maps xii
List of tables xiii
List of contributors xiv
Acknowledgements xviii
Britain and its neighbours: Contacts, exchanges, influences.
An introduction 1
Dirk H. Steinforth, Bryony Coombs, and Charles C. Rozier
1 Wayland the Smith and the Massacre of the Innocents:
Pagan–Christian ‘amalgamation’ on the Anglo–Saxon
Franks Casket 15
Sigmund Oehrl
2 The permeating presence of practices: Northwest English
and Manx ecclesiastical sites with Viking-Age furnished
burials and sculpture 31
Danica Ramsey-Brimberg
viii Contents
3 Between Continental models, a Christian message, and a
Scandinavian audience: Early examples of the image of
‘Christ trampling the Beasts’ in the British Isles 51
Dirk H. Steinforth
4 Silver threads – How Scandinavian Scotland connected
with a wider economic world 69
Tom J. Horne
5 The problem of Manx: Norse linguistic evidence for the
survival of Manx Gaelic in the Scandinavian period 87
Rod McDonald
6 Legal custom and Lex Castrensis? – Using law and literature
to navigate the North-Sea neighbourhood in the late
Viking Age 105
Keith Ruiter
7 Ring-fencing the gardinum? European romance to British
reality of the thirteenth-century Caernarfon Castle garden
and park 121
Rachel E. Swallow
8 Albany and the poets: John Stuart, Duke of Albany, and the
transfer of ideas between Scotland and the Continent,
1509–1536 140
Bryony Coombs
9 Anglo–Swiss relations in the seventeenth century:
Religion, refuge, and relief 158
Vivienne Larminie
10 Fashioning an expanding English world: Commerce,
curiosities, and coastal profiles from Edward Barlow’s 1668
voyage to Italian port cities 175
Alistair Maeer
Contents ix
11 ‘England is not a kingdom located on the Moon’: Use and
usefulness of English knowledge in early modern Swedish
agricultural literature 192
Linnea Bring Larsson
12 An honoured guest: The 1764 journeys across Piedmont of
Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany 207
Matteo Moro
Further reading 226
Index 228