The Modern Myth of the Viking |
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Authors: | Carl Olof Cederlund |
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Institution: | (1) Lindris 2058, 763 94 Hallstavik, Sweden |
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Abstract: | This paper presents the text of a lecture first given in the series commemorating the work of Paul Johnstone. In the years
since it was given further material has been gathered and the issues it addresses are still current. The paper discusses how
we have constructed histories of the Scandinavian Iron Age, in particular the myth of the ‘Viking’, and how these are manipulated
and used in society today. It is argued that by not countering spurious histories assiduously enough, academia has effectively
subscribed to them and in some ways has actively contributed to their construction. This realisation should temper our future
research. |
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