IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 723: The Cross, the Ring, and the Ship: Expansionism and Unionising Tactics in Medieval Scandinavia and the Scandinavian Peripheries

Organiser:	Viktória Gyönki, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest / University of Iceland, Reykjavik
Moderator/Chair:	Bertil Nilsson, Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion, Göteborgs Universitet
Paper 723-a	The Faithful but Unsuccesful Empire-Forger: Olaf Tryggvason (Language: English) Viktória Gyönki, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest / University of Iceland, Reykjavik Index terms: Local History, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 723-b	Imperial Marriages or the Marriages of Empires?: Marital Tactics of the Rus' (Language: English) Orsolya Csákváry, Department of Scandinavian Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest Index terms: Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 723-c	Geographical Description of an Empire in the King's Mirror (Language: English) Tamás Miszler, Faculty Library of Humanities & Sciences, University of Pécs Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Political Thought
Abstract	In this section three different, but equally important sides of an empire is investigated. The first paper is about the spiritual conquest of Olaf Tryggvason, both in his kingdom and in his sphere of interest, including Iceland as well. The second paper deals with the marital strategy of the Rus', a quiet but effective plan of expansion. The topic of the last paper is the description of the empire, or at least as it should be working according to the Norwegian King's Mirror.