The Viking age : Ireland and the West : papers from the proceedings of the fifteenth Viking Congress, Cork, 18-27 August 2005

This book comprises papers by Irish and overseas scholars on aspects of the Viking Age relating to Ireland and the western Viking world. The contributions focus on Viking-age archaeology, history, linguistics, literature, numismatics, placenames, and runology. The major themes explored in the book include: Viking-age Ireland, the colonization of the North Atlantic, weapons and warfare, and the development of urbanism. Based on the XVth Viking Congress, which took place in Cork in 2005, this publication may be regarded as a quinennial review of Viking Studies by its leading proponents. This Book Comprises Papers By Irish And Overseas Scholars On Aspects Of The Viking Age Relating To Ireland And The Western Viking World. The Contributions Focus On Viking Age Archeology, History, Linguistics, Literature, Numismatics, Placenames And Runology. Conversion And The Church In Viking-age Ireland / Lesley Abrams -- Runic Inscriptions And Viking-age Ireland / Michael Barnes, Jan Ragnar Hagland -- The Dunmore Cave [2] Hoard And The Role Of Coins In The Tenth-century Hiberno-scandinavian Economy / Kristin Bornholdt Collins -- Ragnarok And The Stones Of York / Paul C. Buckland -- Unsung Heroes : The Irish And The Viking Wars / Howard B. Clarke -- Peaceful Wars And Scientific Invaders : Irishmen, Vikings And Palynological Evidence For The Earliest Settlement Of The Faroe Islands / Kevin F. Edwards, Douglas B. Borthwick -- Laithlinn, 'fair Foreigners' And 'dark Foreigners' : The Identity And Provenance Of Vikings In Ninth-century Ireland / Colmán Etchingham -- Place-names As Evidence For Urban Settlements In Britain In The Viking Period / Gillian Fellows-jensen -- Ribe : Continuity Or Discontinuity From The Eighth To The Twelfth Century? / Claus Feveile -- Norwegian Crosses In The Hebrides And Shetland? / Ian Fisher -- Late Viking-age Runestones In Uppland : Some Gender Aspects / Anne-sofie Gräslund -- Weapons And Warfare In Viking-age Ireland / Andrew Halpin -- The Suffolk Street Sword : Further Notes On The College Green Cemetery, Dublin / Stephen H. Harrison -- Who Were The Papar? Typological Structures In Islendingabok / Pernille Hermann -- Viking Elements In Irish Towns : Cork And Waterford / Maurice G. Hurley -- The Warrior Ideal In The Late Viking Age / Judith Jesch -- The Vikings In Connemara / Eamonn Kelly -- Dotted Runes : Where Did They Come From? / James E. Knirk -- Kirkwall Revisited / Raymond Lamb -- Viking-age And Norse Pottery In The Hebrides / Alan M. Lane -- Viking-age Queens And The Formation Of Identity / Shannon Lewis-simpson -- The Ledung And The Continuity Of Warfare From The Viking Age To The Middle Ages : The Example Of Sweden / Thomas Lindkvist -- The Baptism Of Harald Bluetooth / Niels Lund -- King Magnus Bareleg's Adventures In The West : The Making Of A King's Saga / Else Mundal -- Urbanism And Christianity In Norway / Sæbjøg Walaker Nordeide -- Rebuilding The 'city Of Angels' : Muirchertach Ua Briain And Glendalough, C. 1096-1111 / Tomás Ó Carragáin -- Culture Clashes? The Human Remains From The Wood Quay Excavations / Barra O'donnabhain -- Surtshellir : A Fortified Outlaw Cave In West Iceland / Guðmundur Ólafsson, Kevin P. Smith, Thomas Mcgovern -- Women In Early Towns / Ingvild Øye -- Bridging The Distribution Gap : Inscribed Swords From Denmark / Anne Pedersen -- Ninth-century Viking Entries In The Irish Annals : No 'forty Years'rest / Emer Purcell -- The Metal Detector And The Viking Age In England / Julian D. Richards -- From Scandinavia To Spain : A Biking-age Reliquary In Leon And Its Meaning / Else Roesdahl -- The Sagas And Courtly Love / Daniel Roesdahl -- Life And Death Among The Picts And Vikings At Westness / Berit J. Sellevold -- Colonel Sempronius Stretton And The Reprovenancing Of A Viking-age Hoard / John Sheehan -- Weapons And Warfare In Icelandic Place-names / Svavar Sigmundsson -- The Finglas Burial : Archaeology And Ethnicity In Viking-age Dublin / Maeve Sikora -- The First Phase Of Viking Activity In Ireland : Archaeological Evidence From Dublin / Linzi Simpson -- Close Ties And Long-range Relations : The Emporia Network In Early Viking-age Exchange / Søren M. Sindbæk -- Ailikn's Wagon And Odinn's Warriors : The Pictures On The Gotlandic Ardre Monuments / þórgunnur Snædal -- Ulfberht Revisited : A Classification / Anne Stalsberg -- Toftanes And The Early Christianity Of The Faroe Islands / Steffen Stummann Hansen -- Cosmic Aspects Of Sanctuaries In Viking-age Scandinavia With Comparisons To The West-slavic Area / Olof Sundqvist -- The Making Of A Centre : The Case Of Reykholt, Iceland / Guðrún Sveinbjarnardóttir-- Ethnicity And Class In Settlement-period Iceland / Orri Véstinsson -- Hedeby, The Settlement And The Harbour : Old Data And Recent Research / Claus Von Carnap-bornheim, Volker Hilberg, Sven Kalmring, Joachim Schultze -- Plot-use And Access In An Eleventh-century Dublin Building Level / Patrick F. Wallace -- On Eid-names In Orkney And Other North Atlantic Islands / Doreen Waugh -- Textiles That Work For Their Living : A Late Eleventh-century Cloth From Cork, Ireland / Elizabeth Wincott Heckett. John Sheehan & Donnchadh Ó Corráin, Editors ; Shannon Lewis-simpson, Editorial Assistant. Conference Proceedings. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Half-title page 2 Title page 4 Copyright page 5 Contents 6 List of illustrations 10 Notes on contributors 17 The fifteenth Viking Congress, Cork 2005 22 Members and associates 23 Congress diary 26 1. Conversion and the Church in Viking-Age Ireland 30 2. Runic inscriptions and Viking-Age Ireland 40 3. The Dunmore Cave [2] hoard and the role of coins in the tenth-century Hiberno-Scandinavian economy 48 4. Ragnarök and the stones of York 76 5. Unsung heroes: the Irish and the Viking wars 89 6. Peaceful wars and scientific invaders: Irishmen, Vikings and palynological evidence for the earliest settlement of the Faroe Islands 95 7. Laithlinn, ‘Fair Foreigners’ and ‘Dark Foreigners’: the identity and provenance of Vikings in ninth-century Ireland 109 8. Place-names as evidence for urban settlements in Britain in the Viking period 118 9. Ribe: continunity or discontinuity from thr eighth to the twelfth century? 126 10. Norwegian Crosses in the Hebrides and Shetland? 136 11. Late Viking-Age runestones in Uppland: some gender aspects 142 12. Weapons and warfare in Viking-Age Ireland 153 13. The Suffolk Street sword: further notes on the College Green cemetery, Dublin 165 14. Who were the Papar? Typological structures in Íslendingabók 174 15. Viking elements in Irish towns: Cork and Waterford 183 16. The warrior ideal in the Late Viking Age 194 17. The Vikings in Connemara 203 18. Dotted runes: where did they come from? 217 19. Kirkwall revisited 228 20. Viking-Age and Norse pottery in the Hebrides 233 21. Viking-Age queens and the formation of identity 246 22. The ledung and the continunity of warfare from the Viking Age to the Middle Ages: the example of Sweden 256 23. The baptism of Harald Bluetooth 263 24. King Magnús Bareleg’s adventures in the West: the making of a King’s Saga 269 25. Urbanism and Christianity in Norway 277 26. Rebuilding the ‘city of angels’: Muirchertach Ua Briain and Glendalough, c.1096-1111 287 27. Culture clashes? The human remains from the Wood Quay excavations 300 28. Surtshellir: a fortified outlaw cave in West Iceland 312 29. Women in early towns 327 30. Bridging the distribution gap: inscribed swords from Denmark 354 31. Ninth-century Viking entries in the Irish annals: ‘no ‘forty years’ rest’ 367 32. The metal detector and the Viking Age in England 383 33. From Scandinavia to Spain: a Viking-Age reliquary in León and its meaning 398 34. The sagas and courtly love 406 35. Life and death among the Picts and Vikings at Westness 414 36. Colonel Sempronius Stretton and the reprovenancing of a Viking-Age hoard 425 37. Weapons and warfare in Icelandic place-names 435 38. The Finglas burial: archaeology and ethnicity in Viking-Age Dublin 447 39. The first phase of Viking activity in Ireland: archaeological evidence from Dublin 463 40. Close ties and long-range relations: the emporia network in early Viking-Age exchange 475 41. Ailikn’s wagon and Ódinn’s warriors: the pictures on the Gotlandic Ardre monuments 486 42. Ulfberht revisited: a classification 495 43. Toftanes and the early Christianity of the Faroe Islands 510 44. Cosmic aspects of sanctuaries in Viking-Age Scandinavia with comparisons to the West-Slavic area 519 45. The making of a centre: the case of Reykholt, Iceland 528 46. Ethnicity and class in settlement-period Iceland 539 47. Hedeby, the settlement and the harbour: old data and recent research 556 48. Plot-use and access in an eleventh-century Dublin building level 570 49. On eid-names in Orkney and other North Atlantic islands 590 50. Textiles that work for their living: a late eleventh-century cloth from Cork, Ireland 600 Index 610