How did the Vikings influence culture during their settlement
period in Scotland? I would like the essay to focus on the 8th to 11th
centuries, but if there is something important up to the 15th
century then that would be ok too. If you’re able to focus on one region, such
as Dál Riata or the Hebrides then that would be great, although some cultural
practices may not be restricted to one region. Some consideration should be
given to contemporary culture that shows Viking influence, though not a lot,
and maybe towards the end of the essay. I’ve included some sources that may be
useful, but all sources need to be academic and journals need to be
peer-reviewed. The reference list and citations should be in Chicago author/date.
Thank you so much!
Possible Sources:
BOOKS
Caldwell, D. H. and M. A. Hall
(eds.), The Lewis Chessmen: new perspectives (2014).
Downham, C. Viking Kings of
Britain and Ireland: the dynasty of Ívarr to A.D. 1014 (2008).
Graham-Campbell, J. and C. E.
Batey. Vikings in Scotland: an archaeological survey (1998).
Hudson, B. T. Viking Pirates and
Christian Princes: dynasty, religion, and empire in the North Atlantic (2005).
Hudson, B. T. Irish Sea Studies,
900-1200 (2006).
Owen, O. and M. Dalland. Scar: a
Viking boat burial on Sanday, Orkney (1999).
Woolf, A. From Pictland to Alba,
789 to 1070 (2008).
ARTICLES
Barrett, J. H. and others. “Diet
and ethnicity during the Viking colonization of northern Scotland: evidence
from fish bones and stable carbon isotopes”, Antiquity 75 (2001), 145-154.
Clancy, T. O. “The Christmas Eve
massacre, Iona, AD 986”, Innes Review 64.1 (2013), 66-71.
Harris, O. J. T. “Assembling
places and persons: a tenth-century Viking boat burial from Swordle Bay on the
Ardnamurchan peninsula, western Scotland”, Antiquity 91 (2017), 191-206.
Macniven, A. “Modelling viking
migration to the Inner Hebrides”, Journal of the North Atlantic (2013), 3-18.
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