Modelling Viking Migration to the Inner Hebrides

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ID4628181
AuthorsAlan Macniven (University of Edinburgh, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume2013
Issuesp4
Pages3
Publication date2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the North Atlantic (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1935-1933 • E-ISSN: 1935-1933
PublisherJournal of the North Atlantic (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3721/037.004.sp407
OpenAlexW1886040735
LanguageEN
References cited19

Until recently, the idea of large-scale Viking settlement in Scotland's Inner Hebrides was considered unlikely. Despite a conspicuous absence of documentary evidence, the area's long-standing Gaelic heritage was seen as proof of linguistic and cultural continuity from its Dalriadan heyday. By developing the narrative to consider other types of evidence, however, it is clear that the Norse impact on these islands was far from insignificant. This paper will review the historical record in the light of material evidence and linguistic artifacts such as place-names. After questioning aspects of currently popular approaches to “predatory” migration, it will then examine how reappraisal of the practicalities of Viking Age immigration might help to inform a revised model for Norse settlement in the region

Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Immigration · Literature · Narrative · New Hebrides · Viking Age · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Scottish History and National Identity

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