F16A9 The Viking (Vikingr) World

This course will survey Viking culture as it developed in Europe and across the North Atlantic. Day 1: Introductory film on the Vikings and discussion on geography of Scandinavia; Day 2: Who they were: Danes, Swedes, Norwegians; material culture and lifestyle; Day 3: Viking raiding and trading; Day 4: Viking settlement in England (Danelaw), Ireland, and France (Normans); Day 5: the North Atlantic, Norway in the Shetlands, Iceland, Greenland and North America, and the end of the Viking era.

Instructor: Clarence Geier is a retired Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at JMU. A historical archaeologist, he and his students have worked at numerous Civil War battlefields in Virginia. Dr. Geier is the senior editor of five books on the archaeology of military sites and the historical archaeology of the American Civil War.

Suggested Reading: The Viking World, James Graham-Campbell.

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