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oapen-20.500.12657-229862024-03-22T19:23:35Z The Hostages of the Northmen Olsson, Stefan Scandinavia Ritual acts Hostage giving and taking Areas of communication Fosterage History of religions thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNL Schools and pre-schools::JNLR Faith (religious) schools thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAZ Legal history "The aim of this book is to investigate the taking and giving of hostages in peace processes during the Viking Age and early Middle Ages in Scandinavia and adjacent areas. Scandinavia has been absent in previous research about hostages from the perspectives of legal and social history, which has mostly focused on Antiquity (the Roman Empire), Continental Germanic cultures, such as the Merovingian realm, and Anglo-Saxon England. The examples presented are from confrontations between Scandinavians and other peoples in which the hostage giving and taking was displayed as a ritual act and thus became symbolically important. Hostages were a vital part of the peace processes and used as resources by both sides in the ‘areas of communication’ within the ‘areas of confrontation’. Literary texts as well as runic inscriptions, picture stones, place names, and personal names are used as source material." 2020-02-04 09:56:50 2020-04-01T08:58:36Z 2020-04-01T08:58:36Z 2019 book 1007175 2002-4606;0562-1070 9789176351079; 9789176351055; 9789176351062 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/22986 eng Stockholm Studies in Comparative Religion application/pdf n/a hostages-of-the-northmen.pdf https://doi.org/10.16993/bba Stockholm University Press 10.16993/bba 10.16993/bba 8137467e-e537-45b2-b1c8-94fc2574b729 9789176351079; 9789176351055; 9789176351062 6 398 Stockholm open access
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"The aim of this book is to investigate the taking and giving of hostages in peace processes during the Viking Age and early Middle Ages in Scandinavia and adjacent areas. Scandinavia has been absent in previous research about hostages from the perspectives of legal and social history, which has mostly focused on Antiquity (the Roman Empire), Continental Germanic cultures, such as the Merovingian realm, and Anglo-Saxon England.
The examples presented are from confrontations between Scandinavians and other peoples in which the hostage giving and taking was displayed as a ritual act and thus became symbolically important. Hostages were a vital part of the peace processes and used as resources by both sides in the ‘areas of communication’ within the ‘areas of confrontation’. Literary texts as well as runic inscriptions, picture stones, place names, and personal names are used as source material."
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