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CCIV10040 - Vikings in the Celtic World (Audit)* - 2017

This course will consider the Viking experience of the Celtic-speaking lands and how the Vikings through both confrontation and collaboration had a transformative impact on that world between c. 780 – 1020. The Vikings were largely a silent people and it is mainly through the eyes of those they encountered – peoples who were already literate – that we first get to know them. Many of our enduring images of the Vikings are based on sources from the Celtic world, and some of the earliest and most complete accounts of the initial Viking raids are found in the Irish annals.
As the Vikings become a permanent presence in these lands the Celtic and Norse views of the spiritual, heroic and economic world intersected and, at times, collided. We will look at the manner in which the Vikings are treated in literature and how this changes over time. We will trace the survival of rituals and beliefs brought from Scandinavia as exemplified by the decorated slabs and burials on the Isle of Man where legends from Norse mythology feature on Christian crosses and a warrior was buried with a sacrificed slave. 
There were personalities, both Norse and Celtic, who straddled both worlds, and many of these men and women were nurtured in both traditions and reflect the enduring and transforming contacts made through intermarriage, fosterage and political alliances. 
The emergence of new dynasties and kingdoms is a product of the special circumstances of this period and we will consider how they arise and what their impact was on the wider Norse and Celtic worlds. Towns develop in the west and the north as a result of the Vikings’ new raiding/trading activities, and the connections between the contemporary developments of Dublin, Waterford and Limerick in Ireland and Kaupang, Birka and Hedeby in Scandinavia will be surveyed.
This multifaceted course will provide students with a clear understanding of this fascinating and dynamic period in the history of the Norse and Celtic worlds.

Tutor Dates Time Venue/Location Fee €
Dr Dewi Evans 11 Sep 2017 to 29 Nov 2017 13:00 Belfield

350.00



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Semester 1

Level 1

Lectures:  Mondays 13:00 - 14:00 and Wednesdays 13:00 - 14:00, beginning 10 September, 2018, Theatre O, Newman Building

Tutorials:  To be selected

 

If you are taking this module for credit, please take note of the dates below:

Term dates for revision:  Saturday, 1 December - Sunday, 9 December

Term dates for exams:    Monday, 10 December - Friday, 21 December

Open Learning Fee (audit only) €350 per module

Open Learning Fee (with assessment) €500 per 5 credit module

 

Upgrading from audit to credit:  You may upgrade from being an audit student to a credit student up to three weeks into term.  Please note, however, that you can't change back to being an audit student - if you decide not to complete the assignments and/or sit the exams, this will appear on your academic record.

 

Concessions
There are no concessions available for Open Learning modules.

 

Refunds
Refunds may in some instances be available for extenuating circumstances, such as serious illness, within two weeks of the start of the module.  Requests for refunds must be submitted in writing, with supporting documents where appropriate.

Dr Dewi Evans