Alexandra Sanmark
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1747291 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alexandra Sanmark |
| NOMBRES | Alexandra |
| APELLIDO | Sanmark |
| FIRMA | SANMARK A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of the Highlands and Islands |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 57 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2002 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Norse Seafaring in Western Scotland
This article explores the navigation and seafaring strategies used by Norse mariners in and around the islands off the west coast of Scotland. To do so we draw upon a diverse range of sources including saga accounts, placenames, archaeological remains, early historical maps as well as logistical considerations. This diachronic perspective is inspired by Christer Westerdahl's “maritime cultural landscapes” methodology as well as recent studies of …
Carried through the rushes
New Viking-age/Norse settlement and landing site hypothesis, Peat bog is a locational factor, Combining EMI and test trenching for challenging coastal island environment
Norse Navigation in the Northern Isles
This article explores the navigation and seafaring strategies used by Norse mariners in and around the Northern Isles of Scotland. To do so we draw upon a diverse range of sources including saga accounts, placenames, archaeological remains, early historic maps as well as logistical considerations. This diachronic perspective is inspired by Christer Westerdahl's “maritime cultural landscapes” methodology as well as recent studies of prehistoric se…
The Pre-Christian Religions of the North. History and Structures, Volume I
Valkyrie
This excellent book provides a long overdue review of the lives of women in the Viking Age. The publication is timely as research in this particular field has moved on considerably in recent years and above all since the last book of this kind, Judith Jesch’s Women in the Viking Age (1991; rev. ante, cx [1995], p. 143). Jóhanna Friðriksdóttir’s volume is a refreshing read, moving away from stereotypical views of Viking Age women where they are of…
Medieval Rulership and Assembly
The two articles under discussion contain new and important considerations of the enacting of rulership in the Early Middle Ages. Both papers, although firmly based on detailed archaeological discu
Christianity
What is North?
The North Atlantic World: Cold, tough, dark; or tranquil, pure, untamed and magical, as visualised from ancient times until today. The British Isles, Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland, and Eastern Canada, alongside many small islands, form a broken bridge across the northern extremities of the Atlantic Ocean. This 'North Atlantic World' is a heterogeneous but culturally intertwined area, ideally suited to the fostering of an interest in all things …
Negotiating the North
This book brings together the cumulative results of a three-year project focused on the assemblies and administrative systems of Scandinavia, Britain, and the North Atlantic islands in the 1st and 2nd millennia AD. In this volume we integrate a wide range of historical, cartographic, archaeological, field-based, and onomastic data pertaining to early medieval and medieval administrative practices, geographies, and places of assembly in Norway, Sw…
The Norse Waterways of West Mainland Orkney, Scotland
Norse place-names for farms, individual landscape features and general landscape areas are ubiquitous throughout the Orkney Islands. These have an origin during the mediaeval period AD790–1350 when Orkney was ruled by Scandinavian earls. The oldest referenced maps for the parish of Harray (West Mainland, Orkney) suggests that in the past significant waterways crossed wetlands extending between the Loch of Harray and Houseby in an area associated …
Viking Law and Order
Until very recently Viking Age and Old Norse assembly (thing) sites were essentially unknown, apart from a few select sites, such as Thingvellir in Iceland. The Vikings are well-known for their violence and pillage, but they also had a well-organised system for political decision-making, legal cases and conflict resolution. Using archaeological evidence, written sources and place-names, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of their legal s…
Viking Law and Order
The first detailed appraisal of Norse assembly sites, providing detailed discussion of their archaeological profile and landscape settingListen to Alex Sanmark discuss 'Thingvellir and Viking Assembly Sites' on The History of Vikings podcast.Until very recently Viking and Norse assembly sites were essentially unknown, apart from a few select sites, such as Thingvellir in Iceland. The Vikings are well-known for their violence and pillage, but they…
Assembly in North West Europe
The archaeological study of assembly practices in the medieval west is often met with scepticism. The reliance on late documentary records and place-names, and the difficulties inherent in defining what actually constituted an ‘assembly’, are just some of the issues that face researchers. This paper brings together some of the first collated and excavated evidence by the HERA TAP project 1, and offers a cross-European perspective, drawing attenti…
Patterns of Assembly
The assembly (thing) sites in Shetland have hitherto not been systematically examined, and their locations are more or less unknown. The aim of this article is therefore to identify the locations of the assemblies in the so-called thing parishes and analyze their characteristics, using comparative evidence from other areas of Norse settlement. As part of this process, it is proposed that Rauaring, one of two “lost” parishes, was located on the is…
Debating the Thing in the North I
Court Sites of Arctic Norway
The court sites situated in the coastal areas of Norway have been the theme of discussion in several publications, including Norwegian Archaeological Review. So far, however, none of the authors has succeeded in gaining overwhelming support for their interpretation. Based on case studies of North Norwegian court sites and comparisons with Icelandic evidence, this paper endorses a long-standing, but still widely disregarded, interpretation suggest…
Administrative Organisation and State Formation
This is the first multi-disciplinary study of Swedish local thing (assembly) sites of the Viking Age through to the late Middle Ages. Previous studies ignored the larger body of evidence, producing models that are too generalising and often one-dimensional. A systematic overview of the location, features and landscape characteristics of things in the county of Södermanland enables exploration of wider questions, such as the development of the thi…
The Case of the Greenlandic Assembly Sites
In the early 20th century, scholars identified two possible Greenlandic assembly sites at Brattahlíð and Garðar, respectively. Later scholars, with one exception, have neither refuted nor corroborated this, and research on this topic has therefore not significantly moved forward in the last 100 years. In this article, the two proposed assembly sites are examined in the light of recent research. It is demonstrated that there are striking similarit…
The Cross Goes North
Contains thirty-seven studies of the adoption of Christianity across northern Europe over 1000 years, and the diverse reasons that drove the process.
Assembly in North West Europe
The archaeological study of assembly practices in the medieval west is often met with scepticism. The reliance on late documentary records and place-names, and the difficulties inherent in defining what actually constituted an ‘assembly’, are just some of the issues that face researchers. This paper brings together some of the first collated and excavated evidence by the HERA TAP project 1, and offers a cross-European perspective, drawing attenti…
Administrative Organisation and State Formation
This is the first multi-disciplinary study of Swedish local thing (assembly) sites of the Viking Age through to the late Middle Ages. Previous studies ignored the larger body of evidence, producing models that are too generalising and often one-dimensional. A systematic overview of the location, features and landscape characteristics of things in the county of Södermanland enables exploration of wider questions, such as the development of the thi…
Court Sites of Arctic Norway
The court sites situated in the coastal areas of Norway have been the theme of discussion in several publications, including Norwegian Archaeological Review. So far, however, none of the authors has succeeded in gaining overwhelming support for their interpretation. Based on case studies of North Norwegian court sites and comparisons with Icelandic evidence, this paper endorses a long-standing, but still widely disregarded, interpretation suggest…
The Case of the Greenlandic Assembly Sites
In the early 20th century, scholars identified two possible Greenlandic assembly sites at Brattahlíð and Garðar, respectively. Later scholars, with one exception, have neither refuted nor corroborated this, and research on this topic has therefore not significantly moved forward in the last 100 years. In this article, the two proposed assembly sites are examined in the light of recent research. It is demonstrated that there are striking similarit…
Patterns of Assembly
The assembly (thing) sites in Shetland have hitherto not been systematically examined, and their locations are more or less unknown. The aim of this article is therefore to identify the locations of the assemblies in the so-called thing parishes and analyze their characteristics, using comparative evidence from other areas of Norse settlement. As part of this process, it is proposed that Rauaring, one of two “lost” parishes, was located on the is…
The Norse Waterways of West Mainland Orkney, Scotland
Norse place-names for farms, individual landscape features and general landscape areas are ubiquitous throughout the Orkney Islands. These have an origin during the mediaeval period AD790–1350 when Orkney was ruled by Scandinavian earls. The oldest referenced maps for the parish of Harray (West Mainland, Orkney) suggests that in the past significant waterways crossed wetlands extending between the Loch of Harray and Houseby in an area associated …
Debating the Thing in the North I
The Cross Goes North
Contains thirty-seven studies of the adoption of Christianity across northern Europe over 1000 years, and the diverse reasons that drove the process.
Administrative Organisation and State Formation
This is the first multi-disciplinary study of Swedish local thing (assembly) sites of the Viking Age through to the late Middle Ages. Previous studies ignored the larger body of evidence, producing models that are too generalising and often one-dimensional. A systematic overview of the location, features and landscape characteristics of things in the county of Södermanland enables exploration of wider questions, such as the development of the thi…
The Case of the Greenlandic Assembly Sites
In the early 20th century, scholars identified two possible Greenlandic assembly sites at Brattahlíð and Garðar, respectively. Later scholars, with one exception, have neither refuted nor corroborated this, and research on this topic has therefore not significantly moved forward in the last 100 years. In this article, the two proposed assembly sites are examined in the light of recent research. It is demonstrated that there are striking similarit…
Court Sites of Arctic Norway
The court sites situated in the coastal areas of Norway have been the theme of discussion in several publications, including Norwegian Archaeological Review. So far, however, none of the authors has succeeded in gaining overwhelming support for their interpretation. Based on case studies of North Norwegian court sites and comparisons with Icelandic evidence, this paper endorses a long-standing, but still widely disregarded, interpretation suggest…
Assembly in North West Europe
The archaeological study of assembly practices in the medieval west is often met with scepticism. The reliance on late documentary records and place-names, and the difficulties inherent in defining what actually constituted an ‘assembly’, are just some of the issues that face researchers. This paper brings together some of the first collated and excavated evidence by the HERA TAP project 1, and offers a cross-European perspective, drawing attenti…
Patterns of Assembly
The assembly (thing) sites in Shetland have hitherto not been systematically examined, and their locations are more or less unknown. The aim of this article is therefore to identify the locations of the assemblies in the so-called thing parishes and analyze their characteristics, using comparative evidence from other areas of Norse settlement. As part of this process, it is proposed that Rauaring, one of two “lost” parishes, was located on the is…
Debating the Thing in the North I
Viking Law and Order
Until very recently Viking Age and Old Norse assembly (thing) sites were essentially unknown, apart from a few select sites, such as Thingvellir in Iceland. The Vikings are well-known for their violence and pillage, but they also had a well-organised system for political decision-making, legal cases and conflict resolution. Using archaeological evidence, written sources and place-names, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of their legal s…
Viking Law and Order
The first detailed appraisal of Norse assembly sites, providing detailed discussion of their archaeological profile and landscape settingListen to Alex Sanmark discuss 'Thingvellir and Viking Assembly Sites' on The History of Vikings podcast.Until very recently Viking and Norse assembly sites were essentially unknown, apart from a few select sites, such as Thingvellir in Iceland. The Vikings are well-known for their violence and pillage, but they…
Christianity
What is North?
The North Atlantic World: Cold, tough, dark; or tranquil, pure, untamed and magical, as visualised from ancient times until today. The British Isles, Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland, and Eastern Canada, alongside many small islands, form a broken bridge across the northern extremities of the Atlantic Ocean. This 'North Atlantic World' is a heterogeneous but culturally intertwined area, ideally suited to the fostering of an interest in all things …
Negotiating the North
This book brings together the cumulative results of a three-year project focused on the assemblies and administrative systems of Scandinavia, Britain, and the North Atlantic islands in the 1st and 2nd millennia AD. In this volume we integrate a wide range of historical, cartographic, archaeological, field-based, and onomastic data pertaining to early medieval and medieval administrative practices, geographies, and places of assembly in Norway, Sw…
The Norse Waterways of West Mainland Orkney, Scotland
Norse place-names for farms, individual landscape features and general landscape areas are ubiquitous throughout the Orkney Islands. These have an origin during the mediaeval period AD790–1350 when Orkney was ruled by Scandinavian earls. The oldest referenced maps for the parish of Harray (West Mainland, Orkney) suggests that in the past significant waterways crossed wetlands extending between the Loch of Harray and Houseby in an area associated …
Medieval Rulership and Assembly
The two articles under discussion contain new and important considerations of the enacting of rulership in the Early Middle Ages. Both papers, although firmly based on detailed archaeological discu
Valkyrie
This excellent book provides a long overdue review of the lives of women in the Viking Age. The publication is timely as research in this particular field has moved on considerably in recent years and above all since the last book of this kind, Judith Jesch’s Women in the Viking Age (1991; rev. ante, cx [1995], p. 143). Jóhanna Friðriksdóttir’s volume is a refreshing read, moving away from stereotypical views of Viking Age women where they are of…
The Pre-Christian Religions of the North. History and Structures, Volume I
Norse Navigation in the Northern Isles
This article explores the navigation and seafaring strategies used by Norse mariners in and around the Northern Isles of Scotland. To do so we draw upon a diverse range of sources including saga accounts, placenames, archaeological remains, early historic maps as well as logistical considerations. This diachronic perspective is inspired by Christer Westerdahl's “maritime cultural landscapes” methodology as well as recent studies of prehistoric se…
Carried through the rushes
New Viking-age/Norse settlement and landing site hypothesis, Peat bog is a locational factor, Combining EMI and test trenching for challenging coastal island environment
Norse Seafaring in Western Scotland
This article explores the navigation and seafaring strategies used by Norse mariners in and around the islands off the west coast of Scotland. To do so we draw upon a diverse range of sources including saga accounts, placenames, archaeological remains, early historical maps as well as logistical considerations. This diachronic perspective is inspired by Christer Westerdahl's “maritime cultural landscapes” methodology as well as recent studies of …
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