{"id":470,"date":"2020-03-21T21:51:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T01:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/?page_id=470"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:55:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:55:46","slug":"euh-4185-weekly-topics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/euh-4185-weekly-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"EUH 4185 &#8211; Weekly Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EUH 4185 &#8211; Weekly Topics<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>[01\/14] Introduction. Who were the Vikings? Vikings in European history [<em>Brink<\/em>\u00a04-7]; visit the exhibit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0ebwUDR47k4\">&#8220;Vikings: Beyond the Legend&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>[01\/16] Myths about the Vikings [<em>McDonald<\/em> 473-480 and 495-498]; read &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/viking\/8-viking-myths-busted\/\">Eight Viking Myths Busted<\/a>&#8221; and Brian McMahon&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medievalists.net\/2014\/08\/vikings-myths-misconceptions\/\">The Vikings: myths and misconceptions<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Sources<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[01\/21] Written sources and associated problems; archaeology and numismatics [<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>Brink<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0350-367, 281-290, and 629-638;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<i>Sawyer<\/i>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a01-26]; for an example of Runic inscription, see\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/2\/20\/U_194%2C_V%C3%A4sby.JPG\">the rune stone U 194 from Upplands V\u00e4sby (Sweden)<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0and the\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/39\/Jelling_gr_kl_Stein.JPG\">Jelling rune stones (Denmark)<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>; browse the\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/basis\/anskar.html\">Life of Anskar<\/a><\/i>\n\n\n\n<p>, see a presentation of\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/oaks.nvg.org\/hkio.html\">Snorri Sturluson&#8217;s\u00a0<i>Chronicle of the Kings of Norway<\/i><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>; browse\u00a0Saxo Grammaticus&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/1150\/1150-h\/1150-h.htm\"><i>Gesta Danorum<\/i><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>; see the five\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.se\/~m10354\/uwa\/skuldele.htm\">Skuldelev ships<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0and visit Lejre, with the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/content-removed\/\">hall<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>of a Scandinavian chieftain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><b>Geography and landscape<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[01\/23]\u00a0 Landscape, resources, communications, and people\u00a0\u00a0[<\/p>\n\n\n\n<i>Sawyer<\/i>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a027-48;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>Brink<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a057-66 and 274-280;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>McDonald<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a02-15]; see shaded relief maps of\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/europe\/norway_rel96.jpg\">Norway<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/europe\/sweden__rel96.jpg\">Sweden<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/europe\/denmark_rel99.jpg\">Denmark<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>, and\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/europe\/iceland.gif\">Iceland<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>; see also pictures of a\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fontica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Hj%C3%B8rundfjord-1024x1024.jpg\"><i>fjord<\/i><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0and of the\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulkaner.no\/v\/volcan\/hekla.html\">Hekla<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>volcano in Iceland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[01\/28] People<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><b>The ninth century<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[01\/30] Viking raids: why and how\u00a0 [<\/p>\n\n\n\n<i>Sawyer<\/i>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a051-54;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<i>Brink\u00a0<\/i>\n\n\n\n<p>193-203;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>McDonald<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>204-210 and 224-239]; see<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/einhard1.html\">Einhard&#8217;s\u00a0<i>Life of Charlemagne<\/i><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>, Charlemagne&#8217;s\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/Halsall\/source\/carol-baugulf.asp\">letters<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/Halsall\/source\/carol-saxony.asp\">capitularies<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/830agobard.html\">Agobard of Lyon<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0on the division of the Empire; read a short biography of\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk\/Biographies\/Alcuin\/\">Alcuin<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>; see also\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyperhistory.com\/online_n2\/maptext_n2\/franks.html\">the on-line map<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0and an example of\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oneonta.edu\/faculty\/farberas\/arth\/Images\/109images\/Carolingian\/Coronation_Mark_inc.jpg\">Carolingian script<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>; see also\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/source\/843bertin.html\">three sources on Viking raids in late Carolingian Francia<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>; see also a Carolingian coin (a\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/home.eckerd.edu\/~oberhot\/fcharlbg.jpg\">penny of Charlemagne<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>), the bridge at\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christophe.carre1.free.fr\/pont\/index.html\">Pont de l&#8217;Arche<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>, the ringfort at\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/viking.archeurope.com\/raids\/viking-raids-in-france\/peran\/\">Camp de P\u00e9ran<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>, the two<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dawnsdressdiary.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/inm_vikingbroochdisplay05_tortoise.jpg\">tortoise brooches<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>, such as\u00a0found at P\u00eetres;\u00a0 see also maps of the\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/worldinmaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-of-the-division-of-the-Carolingian-empire-Treaty-of-Verdun-846-2048x1448.jpeg\">843 division of the Empire<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0and of the\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/idavoll.e-monsite.com\/medias\/images\/carte-des-raids-vikings-en-france-renaud-j-in-les-vikings-en-france-2000-editions-ouest-france-p-4.jpg\">Viking raids<\/a>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>[02\/04] England and Ireland [<em>Brink<\/em>\u00a0341-349;\u00a0<em>McDonald<\/em> 246-263]; see the <a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/medieval\/ang08.asp\">Anglo-Saxon Chronicle<\/a>\u00a0(on the first Viking raid on Wessex) and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucc.ie\/celt\/published\/T100001A\/\">Annals of Ulster<\/a>, liasten to a podcast on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/m001zvvp\"><i>Orkneyinga saga<\/i><\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idler.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/vikings.jpg\">Old English inscription in the Codex Aureus<\/a>\u00a0mentioning earldorman Aelfred; visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shetland-heritage.co.uk\/jarlshof\">Jarlshof<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iomguide.com\/balladoole.php\">Balladoole<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reptonvillage.org.uk\/\">Repton<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk\/en\/professions\/education\/the-viking-age-geography\/the-vikings-in-the-west\/ireland\/the-city-of-dublin\">Dublin<\/a>; see a brief presentation of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/collections.ashmolean.org\/collection\/search\/per_page\/25\/offset\/0\/sort_by\/relevance\/object\/75670\">Alfred&#8217;s Jewel<\/a>\u00a0and a picture of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/irishhighcrosses.com\/clonmacnois-scripture-cross.html\">Cross of the Scriptures<\/a>\u00a0at Clonmacnoise; see also on-line maps of the ninth- and tenth-century\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.viking.no\/e\/england\/danelaw\/ekart-danelaw.htm\">Anglo-Saxon kingdoms<\/a>\u00a0and of ninth-century\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/d5\/Ireland_early_peoples_and_politics.gif\">Ireland<\/a><b style=\"font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Vikings in the West and in the East<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[02\/04]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In-class assignment #1<\/span>\n\n\n\n<p>. Iceland and Greenland\u00a0[<\/p>\n\n\n\n<i>Brink\u00a0<\/i>\n\n\n\n<p>562-570;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>McDonald<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>306-307 and 311-321]; see a brief<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oceanwide-expeditions.com\/blog\/the-norse-settlement-of-greenland-and-their-discovery-of-north-america\">history<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0and\u00a0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Sofia-Ribeiro-9\/publication\/322552285\/figure\/fig8\/AS:631599498534935@1527596463472\/Norse-Settlements-in-Greenland-Brown-2000.png\">map<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0of the Norse settlement in Greenland; see a plan of the\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianmysteries.ca\/sites\/vinland\/vikinglife\/emigration\/greenland\/4350en.html\">Brattahlid settlement<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0and the\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/images\/media\/slideshow\/viking-heroes-and-homes\/brattahlid-ruins-1.jpg\">house<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0said to have been that of Erik the Red; see also a\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/viking.no\/e\/maps\/ekart-iceland.htm\">map of Iceland<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>[02\/11] Viking ships and eastern trade [<\/p>\n\n\n\n<i>Brink<\/i>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0170-192;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<em>McDonald<\/em>\n\n\n\n<p>188-189]; see an example of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.se\/~m10354\/pic\/mar\/klink-kr.gif\">clinker construction<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0and a depiction of a Viking priare on the\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/figure\/Type-C-D-Viking-Age-stone-from-Hejnum-Riddare-The-clearest-example-that-the-dragon_fig5_287096117\">Hejnum stone<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>; see also the Skuldelev ships (nos.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk\/en\/visit-the-museum\/exhibitions\/the-five-viking-ships\/skuldelev-2\">2<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk\/en\/visit-the-museum\/exhibitions\/the-five-viking-ships\/skuldelev-5\">5<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk\/en\/visit-the-museum\/exhibitions\/the-five-viking-ships\/skuldelev-3\">3<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>, and\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk\/en\/visit-the-museum\/exhibitions\/the-five-viking-ships\/skuldelev-1\">1<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>) and the\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pitt.edu\/~dash\/helge.gif\">Krampmacken replica<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0of a Viking ship that travelled from the Baltic to the Black Sea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b>\n\n\n\n<p>[02\/13] The Rus&#8217; Vikings [<i>Brink<\/i>\u00a0543-561;\u00a0<em>McDonald<\/em> 277-294]; see the <a href=\"http:\/\/novaonline.nvcc.edu\/eli\/evans\/his101\/documents\/Chronicle.html\">Russian Primary Chronicle<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.utexas.edu\/maps\/commonwealth\/russia_rel94.jpg\">shaded relief map of Russia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><b>The tenth century<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[02\/18] Denmark under the Jelling dynasty [<i>Sawyer<\/i>\u00a054-57;\u00a0<i>Brink<\/i>\u00a0652-663;\u00a0<em>McDonald<\/em> 425-429]; see the Jelling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reflectionsenroute.com\/unesco-world-heritage-site-jelling-mounds-denmark\/\">mounds<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortidensjelling.dk\/Jelling%20Kirke1.jpg\">church<\/a>; visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/visittrelleborg.se\/en\/trelleborgen\/\">Trelleborg<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nordjyskemuseer.dk\/en\/u\/vikingemuseet-fyrkat-en\/\">Fyrkat<\/a>; see a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hheriksen.dk\/images\/dannev1.jpg\">map<\/a>\u00a0and an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mgeisler.net\/images\/kongemagt\/dannevirke_luftfoto_large.jpg\">aerial photograph<\/a> of the Danevirke<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>[02\/20] Danelaw [<i>Brink<\/i>\u00a0375-384;\u00a0<em>McDonald<\/em> 246-252 and 429-431]; visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk\/\">Jorvik Viking Center<\/a>\u00a0in York; see presentations of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/ancient\/vikings\/cuerdale_01.shtml\">Cuerdale<\/a>\u00a0hoard, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/viking.archeurope.com\/art\/sculpture\/gosforth-cross\/\">Gosforth<\/a>\u00a0cross, and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/16\/tombs-of-vikings-hogback-stones-revisited\/\">Brompton<\/a>\u00a0hogbacks; see the Anglo-Saxon poem\u00a0about the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.battleofmaldon.org.uk\/\">Battle of Maldon<\/a>; see also an example of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ma-shops.com\/arto\/item.php?id=3286\">Aethelred&#8217;s pennies of the small cross type<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Second Viking Age<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[02\/25] <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">In-class assignment #2<\/span>. British Isles\u00a0[<i>Brink<\/i>\u00a0391-438;\u00a0<em>McDonald<\/em> 267-268 and 452-459]; see the <a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2496\/3976150815_ace0ce4abc_o.jpg\">Braddan<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/neu\/celt\/tnm\/img\/pl10.jpg\">Kirk Andreas<\/a>\u00a0crosses; read about the Viking-Age\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/fcurta\/content-removed\/\">Isle of Man<\/a>; visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.galwaytourism.ie\/clonmacnoise-monastery\/\">Clonmacnoise<\/a> with its monastic\u00a0towers; read about Viking-Age\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fjorn-the-skald.tumblr.com\/post\/141229624220\/a-brief-tale-of-viking-age-dublin-the-story\">Dublin<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.viking.no\/e\/info-sheets\/ireland\/wexford.htm\">\u00a0Wexford<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk\/en\/professions\/education\/the-viking-age-geography\/the-vikings-in-the-west\/ireland\/waterford\">Waterford<\/a>, as well as about the Viking cemeteries excavated in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/irisharchaeology.ie\/2011\/06\/dublins-viking-warrior-burials\/\">Kilmainham<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/science\/the-vikings-beneath-modern-dublin-1.1867504\">Islandbridge<\/a>; see a biographical note for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraryireland.com\/biography\/OlafCuaran.php\">Olaf Cuar\u00e1n<\/a>, king of Dublin; visit the archaeological site at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/archaeologists-find-new-viking-site-in-temple-bar-131090-May2011\/\">Dublin-Temple Bar<\/a>; see examples of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hurstwic.org\/history\/articles\/manufacturing\/pix\/ringerike_style.jpg\">Ringerike<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/viking.archeurope.com\/art\/viking-art-styles\/urnes\/\">Urnes<\/a>\u00a0ornamental styles; see the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fionasplace.net\/AnIrishPatchwork\/crossofcong.jpg\">Cross of Cong<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/463147\">Clonmacnoise crozier<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>[02\/27] Iceland, Greenland, America [<i>Brink\u00a0<\/i>571-617;\u00a0<em>McDonald<\/em> 322-330]; see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.followthevikings.com\/visit\/brattahlid\">Brattahlid<\/a>\u00a0settlement; visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newfoundlandlabrador.com\/top-destinations\/lanse-aux-meadows\">L&#8217;Anse aux Meadows<\/a>\u00a0(see the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.furorteutonicus.eu\/germanic\/ashliman\/mirror\/smithy7343.jpg\">smithy<\/a>\u00a0found on the site) and the Goddard site in Maine \u00a0that produced a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandrapidscoins.com\/the-maine-penny-a-coin-mystery-from-history\/\">coin of King Olaf Kyrre<\/a>; see two pages of the Jonsbok manuscript of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c6\/Codex_Regius_of_Gragas.jpg\">Gr\u00e1g\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>[03\/04] Kievan Rus&#8217; [<em>Brink<\/em>\u00a0496-542;\u00a0<em>McDonald<\/em> 294-304]<b style=\"font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Viking society<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[03\/06] Written sources and archaeology [<em>Brink<\/em>\u00a011-22 and 49-56]; 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see also a view of the reconstructed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.viking.ucla.edu\/hrolf\/hallin.html\">interior<\/a>); read the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/basis\/anskar.html#lifeans\"><em>Life of Anskar<\/em>, ch. 26<\/a>\u00a0on the power of the Svea kings<b style=\"font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Before the conversion to Christianity<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[03\/14] Paganism [<i>Brink<\/i>\u00a0235-273;\u00a0<em>McDonald<\/em> 65-74 and 173-177]; see the <a href=\"http:\/\/litteraturbanken.se\/red\/presentationer\/specialomraden\/MalmbilderRunor\/Bild5StoraHammars.jpeg\">Stora Hammars<\/a>\u00a0rune stone, with a depiction of a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guteinfo.com\/scripts\/bilder\/info\/2039_1.jpg\">human sacrifice<\/a>\u00a0to Odin;\u00a0see pictures of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megalithic.co.uk\/a558\/a312\/gallery\/Scandinavia\/Sweden\/015_Hemlanden_5.jpg\">Hemlanden<\/a>, the main cemetery of Birka, and of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/83\/Lindholm-Hoje.web.jpg\">Lindholm H\u00f8<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/83\/Lindholm-Hoje.web.jpg\">je<\/a>\u00a0in Denmark<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>[03\/25] Mythology [<i>Brink<\/i>\u00a0212-234 and 291-323;\u00a0<em>McDonald<\/em> 44-65 and 138-139]; read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.germanicmythology.com\/PoeticEdda\/Voluspa.html\"><i>V\u00f6lusp\u00e1<\/i><\/a><b style=\"font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Conversion to Christianity<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[03\/27] Early attempts. 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