Ohthere’s Voyages: A Late 9th-Century Account of Voyages Along the Coasts of Norway and Denmark and Its Cultural Context

222 Pages·2008·57.976 MB·English

by  Janet Bately, Anton Englert (eds.)

Ohtheres Voyages
The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde
M A R I T I M E C U L T U R E O F T H E N O R T H • 1
Ohthere’s Voyages
A late 9th-century account of voyages along the coasts
of Norway and Denmark and its cultural context
Edited by Janet Bately & Anton Englert
Roskilde 2007
Ohtheres Voyages
A late 9th-century account of voyages along the coasts
of Norway and Denmark and its cultural context
Edited by Janet Bately & Anton Englert
This book is Volume i in the series Maritime Culture of the North
Published by the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark
Book design and DTP by Athena Trakadas
Cover design by Mette Kryger
Copyright © 2007 by the Viking Ship Museum and the authors
Second impression 2008
All rights reserved
Printed in Denmark by Special-Trykkeriet Viborg A/S
Printed on acid-free paper
ISBN 978-87-85180-47-6
Published with support from:
Nordea Danmark-fonden
Konsul George Jorck og hustru Emma Jorck’s Fond
Publications by
the Viking Ship Museum
Vindeboder 12
DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Viking Ship Museum books can be ordered online via:
www.vikingshipmuseum.dk or www.oxbowbooks.com
Front cover: Detail of a tentative reconstruction of Kaupang in the mid 9th century. Water colour by Flemming Bau.
Contents
Foreword • 7
by Jan Bill and Tinna Damgård-Sørensen
I. THE SOURCE
Ohthere and Wulfstan in the Old English Orosius • 18
by Janet Bately, with a note by E. G. Stanley
Text and translation • 40
edited by Janet Bately
Translation notes • 7/
by Janet Bately; with two notes by E. G. Stanley
II. GEOGRAPHY
Early medieval accounts of the North before the Old English Orosius
by Ian Wood
Geography, toponymy and political organisation in early Scandinavia
by Stefan Brink
III. AT HOME
Ohthere and his world - a contemporary perspective • 76
by Inger Storli, with a note by Else Roesdahl
Borg in Lofoten. A chieftains farm in north Norway • 100
by Gerd Stamsø Munch
Who were the Finnas? • 106
by Irmeli Valtonen
Who were the Cwenasl • 108
by Irmeli Valtonen
IV. AT SEA
Ohthere s vessel • 112
by Arne Emil Christensen
Ohthere s voyages seen from a nautical angle • 117
by Anton Englert
The fifth day. Ohthere s route through the Schlei fjord • 130
by Andres Siegfried Do bat
V. DESTINATIONS
Ohthere’s destinations: Norway, Denmark and England 136
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by Peter Sawyer
The land of the Beormas • 140
by Nikolaj A. Makarov
The Sciringes healh of Ohthere s time • 150
by Dagfinn Skre
Hedeby in Ohthere’s time • /57
by Michael Müller-Wille, with a note by Sven Kalmring
VI. TRADE AND EXCHANGE
Communication and exchange in northwest Europe • 170
by Stéphane Lebecq
Economic policy, prosperity and professional traders • 180
by Carsten Müller-Boysen
BIBLIOGRAPHY • i85
List of authors • 211
Index • 213