演講摘要
The Viking Age, c. 750-1050 CE, saw an unprecedented expansion of Scandinavians into the wider world, from the eastern seaboard of North America to the Asian Steppe. But for centuries, the Vikings have been seen through others’ eyes, and often distorted to fit the preferences of the time. Little of this captures the real Vikings, or the richness and sophistication of their culture. This talk introduces a new attempt to tell the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology and religion, their material world. Known today for a stereotype of maritime violence, the Vikings exchanged ideas, commodities, technologies and ideologies with the people they met across the Norse diaspora, and were themselves altered in the process.
講者介紹
Neil Price is Distinguished Professor of Archaeology at Uppsala University in Sweden, where he also directs the new national Centre for the World in the Viking Age. Neil is a specialist in the Viking Age and in Norse religion, and his publications have appeared in 22 languages. He also frequently consults on historical documentaries, TV series and films, including The Northman (2022).
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