Decolonising Medieval Fennoscandia : An Interdisciplinary Study of Norse-Saami Relations in the Medieval Period / Solveig Marie Wang.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Wang, Solveig Marie, Author.

Series:

Religious Minorities in the North Series

Religious Minorities in the North : History, Politics, and Culture , 2627-440X ; 5

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVIII, 278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Conventions

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Classical and Medieval Written Sources on the Saami

Chapter 3: The Saami Motif-Cluster

Chapter 4: Northern Fennoscandian Politics and Spatial Belonging

Chapter 5: The Saami Trade

Chapter 6: Liminal Identities and Fluid Spaces? Norse-Saami Personal Relationships

Chapter 7: Saami in the South: Sources and Societies

Reassessing Norse-Saami Relations in the Medieval Period: Conclusion

List of References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Mrz 2023)

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Dissertation University of Aberdeen 2021.

ISBN:

3-11-078430-0

OCLC:

1378325874