IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 215: In Addition to Daily Bread, II: More Than Just a Drink - Ale as a Necessity of Scandinavian Life
Monday 4 July 2016, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | 'Creating the New North' Research Programme, Universitetet i Tromsø - Norges arktiske universitet |
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| Organiser: | Sigrun Høgetveit Berg, Department of Archaeology, History, Religious Studies and Theology, The Arctic University of Norwa |
| Moderator/Chair: | Sigrun Høgetveit Berg, Department of Archaeology, History, Religious Studies and Theology, The Arctic University of Norwa |
| Paper 215-a | Magical Ale: Purpose and Function in Old Norse Runic Inscription and Literary Depictions (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Folk Studies, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
| Paper 215-b | Legal Ale: Brewing and Drinking in Scandinavian Laws (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Law |
| Paper 215-c | 'The Germans in Bergen drink what they can get, but it is hardly to be called wine': So What Did the Norwegians Drink? (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Trade, Social History |
| Paper 215-d | Four Vikings Walk into a Bar: The 'Vomit Motif', Medieval Icelandic Drinking Culture, and the Ethos of Control in Old Norse Literature (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Mentalities |
| Abstract | Ale was brewed for everyday life and for great occasions. But it was more than just a drink in Scandinavian society. This session will try to trace various dimensions to the brewing and the drinking, by looking at alcoholic drink among the northerners from different angles through the medieval period. The papers will look into magical ale in runic inscriptions, images and poetry, the legal ale regulated in the laws and the results of the actual drinking, as seen in different conflicts over the question of what to drink. |