IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1533: In Honour of Richard Holt, I: An Englishman in Norway
Thursday 5 July 2018, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | 'Creating the New North' Research Programme, Universitetet i Tromsø - Norges Arktiske Universitetet |
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Organiser: | Stefan Figenschow, Institutt for historie og religionsvitenskap, Universitetet i Tromsø - Norges Arktiske Universitetet |
Moderator/Chair: | Miriam Tveit, Fakultetet for Samfunnsvitenskap, Nord universitet |
Paper 1533-a | A British Medievalist Describes a Dangerous World: Richard of Beccles's Views on the Norwegian Middle Ages and Historiography in the 20th and 21st Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Bibliography, Historiography - Medieval, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Teaching the Middle Ages |
Paper 1533-b | The Ice Giant Cometh: Tracing Norwegian Origin Myths through Frost and Snow (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Pagan Religions |
Paper 1533-c | The Military Revolution in Norway that Never Was: An Analysis of Norwegian Sonderweg in 13th and 14th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1533-d | Sincere dilectionis affectum: Anglo-Norwegian Friendship in the Central Middle Ages (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - General, Economics - Trade, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | The first of three sessions honouring Richard Holt in connexion with his 70th birthday takes as its point of departure his influence during his 20 years in Norway. A multitude of sources is examined to gauge the influence of far-northern trolls and giants to explore the influence of north-facing origin myths. How sharply Norwegian military and aristocratic structures stood out from central and western European monarchies is explored. An examination of the dialogue of 'friendship' that framed Anglo-Norwegian diplomacy and facilitated the steady transfer of goods, gifts and individuals across the North Sea pays tribute to Richard Holt as a scholar of the region's history and a spokesman for Anglo-Norwegian academic cooperation. |