Vikingatida och medeltida skandinavisk historia
Kort om kursen
This course covers the history of Scandinavia from the Viking Age (c.700 CE) until the Reformation. It broadly focuses on the region’s political, social, and cultural developments alongside its concurrent integration into Europe. We study Viking plundering raids and territorial expansion, state building, magic and pagan beliefs, and Christianization. Moreover, the course explores archeological and textual sources as well as images of Vikings and Scandinavian Middle Ages in popular culture.
Om utbildningen
This course offers a broad survey of the political, social, and cultural history of Viking Age and medieval Scandinavia. It explores the Vikings—who they were, how they lived and made a living, what they believed in, how they sought to organize their society, what regions they explored, whom they loved, fought with, and befriended. We study macro developments such as religious change, Christianization, and the expansion of state or royal power as well as everyday life, including beliefs and rituals, relations between women and men, violence, and emotions. Developments in Viking society is examined and analyzed against the backdrop of Scandinavia successively becoming integrated into Europe. In the course of the semester, students gain a hands-on experience with material objects such as archeological finds and runic stones as well as Old Norse sagas, miracle stories, and chivalric literature that make it possible to reconstruct this critical and fascinating period in Scandinavian history. Moreover, we explore contemporary images and the legacy of Vikings in popular culture.
Behörigheter och urval
Förkunskapskrav
Grundläggande behörighet
Urval
Betyg (34 %), högskoleprov (33 %) och högskolepoäng, max 165 hp (33 %)
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Lokaler
Du hittar Institutionen för historiska studier i Humanistens lokaler på Renströmsgatan 6. Vår personal sitter på plan 5 och 6.
