Decolonising Medieval Fennoscandia: An Interdisciplinary Study of Norse-Saami Relations in the Medieval Period

The interdisciplinary study investigates the relationship between Norse and Saami peoples in the medieval period and focuses on the multifaceted portrayal of Saami peoples in medieval texts. The investigative analysis is anchored in postcolonial methodologies and argues for the inherent need to deco...

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主要作者: Wang, Solveig Marie (Author)
格式: 电子 图书
语言:English
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出版: Berlin Boston De Gruyter 2023
In:Year: 2023
丛编:Religious Minorities in the North History, Politics, and Culture 5
Further subjects:B Saami
B 学位论文
B Northern Literature
B Europe / Scandinavia / HISTORY
B Middle Ages
B postcolonialism
B Scandinavia
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Rights Information:CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9783110784169
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总结:The interdisciplinary study investigates the relationship between Norse and Saami peoples in the medieval period and focuses on the multifaceted portrayal of Saami peoples in medieval texts. The investigative analysis is anchored in postcolonial methodologies and argues for the inherent need to decolonise the medieval source-material as well as recent historiography. This is achieved by presenting the historiographic and political background of research into Norse-Saami relations, before introducing an overview of textual sources discussing Saami peoples from the classical period to the late 1400s, an analysis of the textual motifs associated with the Saami in medieval literature (their relevance and prevalence), geo-political affairs, trading relations, personal relations and Saami presence in the south. By using decolonising tools to read Norse-Saami relations in medieval texts, influenced by archaeological material and postcolonial frameworks, the study challenges lingering colonial assumptions about the role of the Saami in Norse society. The current research episteme is re-adjusted to offer alternative readings of Saami characters and emphasis is put on agency, fluidity and the dynamic realities of the Saami medieval pasts
ISBN:3110784300
访问:Open Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9783110784305