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HIST 5516

The Vikings

Despite the popular image of axe-wielding raiders, the medieval Scandinavians were equally consequential as traders, settlers, and state-builders whose reach stretched from Newfoundland to Constantinople, and this graduate seminar treats them as a lens onto how a decentralized society reshaped the political and cultural map of 800-1100 Europe. You'll work directly with historical chronicles, sagas, and archaeological evidence, pick up enough Old Norse to read short passages, give an oral presentation, and produce a term project alongside the midterm. It's source-driven medieval history rather than a survey, so expect to argue from primary material and treat the "Viking Age" as a problem to be interpreted, not a story to be retold.

Credit3ECTS5FacultyFaculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social SciencesBölümHistory

Haftalık müfredat 14 hafta

Hafta 1
Introduction: Who Were the Vikings?
Hafta 2
Scandinavian Languages: Introduction to Old Norse
Hafta 3
Vikings as raiders, c. 790-c.850
Hafta 4
Vikings in the West (1): British Isles and France
Hafta 5
Viking Myths and Religion
Hafta 6
Vikings in the West (2): Iceland, Greenland and America
Hafta 7
Vikings without Kings: Icelandic Society
Hafta 8
Vikings in the East (1): Russia
Hafta 9
Mid-term examination
Hafta 10
Vikings in the East (2): Byzantium and beyond
Hafta 11
Vikings as traders
Hafta 12
Vikings in the Eleventh Century: Knut the Great
Hafta 13
The Medieval Scandinavian Kingdoms
Hafta 14
Conclusions

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Course Learning Outcomes: Course Learning Outcome Assessment Become familiar with the history of Scandinavia during the period 800-1100 Term project Oral presentation Become familiar with the impact of the medieval Scandinavians on world history Term project Oral presentation Able to use and analyse a variety of primary documents, including historical, literary and archaeological Term project In-class participation Able to read texts in the Old Norse language (elementary level) Midterm:Essay/wri

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