IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 702: Scandinavia and Europe in the 11th and 12th Centuries
Tuesday 12 July 2011, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Levi Roach, Trinity College, University of Cambridge |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Levi Roach, Trinity College, University of Cambridge |
| Paper 702-a | Between Raider and State-Builder: Magnús Berfœttr in the British Isles (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 702-b | Denmark and German Imperialism from the Salians to the Staufer (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 702-c | The English Ambitions and Influences of the Danish Kings from the Death of Harthacnut (1042) to that of Erik Ejegod (1103) (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | This session seeks to explore aspects of Scandinavian history in the 11th and 12th centuries. These years are often neglected, particularly in English language scholarship, where they are presented at best as an epilogue to the more interesting and more important 'Viking Age'. Yet important political developments can be traced during this period and the Scandinavians by no means ceased to have an impact on Continental Europe. The papers in this session seek to address various aspects of this influence, redressing in the process many traditional preconceptions of these years. |