Ohthere’s Voyages: A Late 9th-Century Account of Voyages Along the Coasts of Norway and Denmark and Its Cultural Context PDF
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Ohtheres Voyages The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde M A R I T I M E C U L T U R E O F T H E N O R T H • 1 Ohthere’s Voyages A late 9th-century account of voyages along the coasts of Norway and Denmark and its cultural context Edited by Janet Bately & Anton Englert Roskilde 2007 Ohtheres Voyages A late 9th-century account of voyages along the coasts of Norway and Denmark and its cultural context Edited by Janet Bately & Anton Englert This book is Volume i in the series Maritime Culture of the North Published by the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark Book design and DTP by Athena Trakadas Cover design by Mette Kryger Copyright © 2007 by the Viking Ship Museum and the authors Second impression 2008 All rights reserved Printed in Denmark by Special-Trykkeriet Viborg A/S Printed on acid-free paper ISBN 978-87-85180-47-6 Published with support from: Nordea Danmark-fonden Konsul George Jorck og hustru Emma Jorck’s Fond Publications by the Viking Ship Museum Vindeboder 12 DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark Viking Ship Museum books can be ordered online via: www.vikingshipmuseum.dk or www.oxbowbooks.com Front cover: Detail of a tentative reconstruction of Kaupang in the mid 9th century. Water colour by Flemming Bau. Contents Foreword • 7 by Jan Bill and Tinna Damgård-Sørensen I. THE SOURCE Ohthere and Wulfstan in the Old English Orosius • 18 by Janet Bately, with a note by E. G. Stanley Text and translation • 40 edited by Janet Bately Translation notes • 7/ by Janet Bately; with two notes by E. G. Stanley II. GEOGRAPHY Early medieval accounts of the North before the Old English Orosius by Ian Wood Geography, toponymy and political organisation in early Scandinavia by Stefan Brink III. AT HOME Ohthere and his world - a contemporary perspective • 76 by Inger Storli, with a note by Else Roesdahl Borg in Lofoten. A chieftains farm in north Norway • 100 by Gerd Stamsø Munch Who were the Finnas? • 106 by Irmeli Valtonen Who were the Cwenasl • 108 by Irmeli Valtonen IV. AT SEA Ohthere s vessel • 112 by Arne Emil Christensen Ohthere s voyages seen from a nautical angle • 117 by Anton Englert The fifth day. Ohthere s route through the Schlei fjord • 130 by Andres Siegfried Do bat V. DESTINATIONS Ohthere’s destinations: Norway, Denmark and England 136 • by Peter Sawyer The land of the Beormas • 140 by Nikolaj A. Makarov The Sciringes healh of Ohthere s time • 150 by Dagfinn Skre Hedeby in Ohthere’s time • /57 by Michael Müller-Wille, with a note by Sven Kalmring VI. TRADE AND EXCHANGE Communication and exchange in northwest Europe • 170 by Stéphane Lebecq Economic policy, prosperity and professional traders • 180 by Carsten Müller-Boysen BIBLIOGRAPHY • i85 List of authors • 211 Index • 213
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