IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 523: Building Empires in the Far North, I

Tuesday 8 July 2014, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:	Creating the New North Research Programme, Universitetet i Tromsø
Organiser:	Richard Holt, Institutt for historie og religionsvitenskap, Universitetet i Tromsø - Norges Arktiske Universitetet
Moderator/Chair:	Miriam Tveit, Fakultetet for Samfunnsvitenskap, Universitetet i Nordland
Paper 523-a	Omd: Evidence of Pre-State Organisation in the Far North (Language: English) Yassin Nyang Karoliussen, Institutt for arkeologi og sosialantropologi, Universitetet i Tromsø - Norges Arktiske Universitetet Index terms: Archaeology - General, Pagan Religions, Social History
Paper 523-b	Northern Dimensions in the Emergence of the Norwegian Monarchy (Language: English) Richard Holt, Institutt for historie og religionsvitenskap, Universitetet i Tromsø - Norges Arktiske Universitetet Index terms: Economics - Trade, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 523-c	Consolidating National Authority in the North: The Role of the Nidaros Archdiocese (Language: English) Sigrun Høgetveit Berg, Department of Archaeology, History, Religious Studies and Theology, The Arctic University of Norwa Index terms: Administration, Ecclesiastical History, Economics - Trade
Abstract	The session examines the social organization of Arctic Norway in the early medieval period, before the region was incorporated into the Norwegian state, through a presentation of mainly archaeological evidence for Omd, the northernmost norse chiefdom. Subsequently, Omd and other northern chiefdoms played a crucial part in the emergence of a national monarchy. The region's further integration into the national state was achieved largely through the Church's religious, political, and commercial dominance of northern Norway.