Viking Heritage and History in Europe: Practices and Re-creations (Critical Heritages of Europe)

Synopsis

Viking Heritage and History in Europe presents new research and perspectives on the use of the Vikings in public history, especially in relation to museums, re-creation, and re-enactment in a European context.Taking a critical heritage approach, the volume provides new insights into the re-creation of history, imagining the past, interpretation, ambivalence of authenticity, authority of History, remembrance and memory, medievalism, and public history. Highlighting the complexity of the field of public history today, the fourteen chapters all engage with questions of historical authenticity and authority. The volume also critically examines the public’s reception, engagement with, and interpretation of the Viking Age and the concepts of who these individuals were. Each chapter illuminates an aspect of these themes in relation to museums, leisure activities, politics, tourism, re-enactment, and popular culture – all from the vantage point of Viking cultural heritage.Viking Heritage and History in Europe is one of the first volumes to examine the use and role of the Vikings within the field of public history, both past and present. The book will be of interest to those engaged in the study of heritage, public history, history, the Vikings, vikingism, medievalism, and media history.

Copyright:

2024

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781003861485

Related ISBNs:

9781003861409, 9780367628628, 9781003111115

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

03/06/24

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Sara Ellis Nilsson and Stefan Nyzell

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Sara Ellis Nilsson

Edited by:

Stefan Nyzell