Undergraduate Course: Viking Studies (ELCS10034)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course addresses the historical developments referred to collectively as the Viking Age, c 800-1066 AD. The intention is to investigate Scandinavian Iron Age society in an attempt to identify possible reasons for the Viking expansion, to survey the various forms the expansion took and to explore the legacy it left behind. There will be a special focus on raids and settlement in the British Isles and the North Atlantic. Emphasis throughout will be on the critical interpretation of the various sources available historical, archaeological, genetic, onomastic, literary as well as the ways in which different kinds of sources can be used to supplement one another. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Familiarity with a modern Scandinavian language or Old Norse would be advantageous. However, as all main texts will be read in English translation, this is not crucial. |
| Additional Costs | Purchase of central text-book |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
| By the end of the course, students will have gained a deeper understanding of Viking Age developments from the reasons for the expansion itself to the legacy it left behind. The approach throughout is interdisciplinary, drawing on historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence and crossing disciplines such as philology and history.
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | DELC Viking Studies |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alan Macniven
Tel: (0131 6)50 3279
Email: alan.macniven@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Vivien Macnish Porter
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: vivien.macnish-porter@ed.ac.uk |
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