The Norse Settlements in the British Islands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11004865 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Bugge (Christiani, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1921 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Pages | 173-210 |
| Publication date | 1921-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0080-4401 • E-ISSN: 1474-0648 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3678332 |
| OpenAlex | W2134294305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
I Esteem it a very great honour indeed to be allowed to lecture before this learned Society, which among its members numbers so many eminent men. You will probably think that my subject lies far out of the way and is only of very small importance to the study of English history.—But it is my proud conviction that the Norsemen, my ancestors, also have contributed to the moulding of the English nation and of the British Empire. These times, however, lie far back. It is now nearly 900 years ago since Vikings' fleets used to land on the shores of the British Islands and many centuries since the tongue of the Norsemen was spoken here, except in the far away Orkneys and Shetland. Nearly everything that could remind us of them has disappeared. Those times are long ago forgotten when the Scandinavian peoples were feared by other nations, and were of some consequence in European politics. Since then the British nation has spread its sway all over the world, and its destinies lie not in Europe only, but beyond the seas. It is therefore not to be wondered that the English have forgotten their Norse ancestors. There was, however, a time when the fortunes of the British Islands were closely intertwined with those of Northern Europe, a time when these Islands and Denmark, Norway and Sweden seemed destined to form part of one great empire and had comparatively little to do with the outside world
Ancient history · Archaeology · British Empire · Conviction · Empire · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Honour · Human settlement · Political science · Politics · Shetland · Subject (documents · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1963 - 2025 (63) |
| Highly cited | No |