The Vikings : Proceedings of the Symposium of the Faculty of Arts of Uppsala University, June 6-9, 1977

Minor rubbing. VG. Medieval Scandinavia Almqvist & Wiksell Stockholm 1978 orig.wrappers 23x14cm, 176 pp., Series: Symposia Universitatis Upsaliensis annum quingentesimum celebrantis, 8. Contains 16 papers, in English [1 in German], concerning Scalds & Ships: Viking Seamanship in the Light of Literature & Archaeology; Scandinavian Influence on Language & Place-Names in the British Isles; & Viking Society in Scandinavia: Evidence of Settlement & Administration. Includes: Wics, Kings & Vikings; The Ships of the Vikings; The Ship - Reality & Image in Old Norse Poetry; Wrecks & Rhymes; Schwedische Ortsnamen und altwestnordische Dichtersprache; The Minor Names & Field-Names of the Holland Division of Lincolnshire; Place-Name Evidence for Scandinavian Settlement in the Danelaw: A Reasessment; A-Mutation of Scandinavian Words in England; Norse & Gaelic in Medieval Man: The Place-Name Evidence; The Evidence of Language and Place-Names in Ireland; Middle-English Word Geography: Its Potential Role in the Study of the Long-Term Impace of the Scandianvian Settlements upon English; Typonymic Evidence for Administrative Divisions in Denmark in the Viking Age; Viking Age Traces in Swedish Systems for Territorial Organization & Land Division; Viking Society in Central Sweden: Traditions, Organizatiion & Economy; Some Problems in the History of the Settlement of Iceland; Trade Problems in the Viking Age: Some Reflections on Insular Metalwork Found in Norwegian Graves of the Viking Age.