1. Theories, methods, the European context
Herschend, F. Ordering landscapes. Settlement and landscape (Fabech, C. and J. Ringtved eds.). ?rhus 1999, pp. 331–335. (4 pages)
Ringtved, J. Settlement organisation in a time of war and conflict. Settlement and landscape (Fabech, C. and J. Ringtved eds.). ?rhus 1999, pp. 361–381. (20 pages)
Brink, S. Social order in the early Scandinavian landscape. Settlement and landscape (Fabech, C. and J. Ringtved eds.). ?rhus 1999, pp. 423–439. (26 pages)
Fabech, C. Centrality in sites and landscapes. Settlement and landscape (Fabech, C. and J. Ringtved eds.). ?rhus 1999, pp. 455–473. (18 pages)
Brown, P. The rise of western christendom (2nd ed.). Oxford 2002, pp. 1–34, 463–488.
Geake, H. The control of burial practice in Anglo-Saxon England. The cross goes North. Processes of conversion on northern Europe AD 300–1300. (Carver, M. ed.) York 2003, pp. 259–269. (10 pages)
Roesdahl, E. Dendrochronology and viking studies in Denmark, with a note on the beginning of the viking age. Developments around the Baltic and the North Sea in the viking age. (Ambrosiani, B. and H. Clarke eds.). (The Twelfth Viking Congress) (Birka studies 3). Stockholm 1994, pp. 106–116.
2. Pre-Christian religion
Written sources
Snorri Sturluson. Edda. (Faulkes, A. ed. and transl.) London 1998. "Prologue" pp. 1–6; "Gylfaginning", pp. 7–58. (56 pages)
The poetic Edda. (Larrington, C. ed. and transl.) Oxford 1996. "Hávamál"; "Voluspá"; "Skirnismál"; "Fáfnismál" (c. 100 pages)
Ibn Fadlan on the Rusiyyah (Montgomery, J. E. ed. and transl., pp. 3–7.)(http://www.uib.no/jais/v003ht/montgo1.htm)
Archaelogical sources
Myhre, B. The royal cemetery at Borre, Vestfold: a Norwegian centre in a European periphery. The cross goes North. Processes of conversion on northern Europe AD 300–1300. (Carver, M. ed.) York 2003, pp. 301–313. (12 pages)
Gr?slund, A.S. The burial customs. A study of the graves on Bj?rk?. (Birka Bd. 4). Stockholm. 1981, pp. 1–6, 72–86.
Johansen, O. S. and G. S. Munch. Introduction and summary. Borg in Lofoten. A chieftain's farm in northern Norway. (G. S. Munch et al. eds.). Trondheim 2003, pp. 11–18.
N?sman, U. and E. Roesdahl. Scandinavian and European perspectives – Borg I:1. Borg in Lofoten. A chieftain's farm in northern Norway. (G. S. Munch et al. eds.). Trondheim 2003, pp. 283–299.
Discussions
Steinsland, G. The change of religion in the nordic countries: a confrontation between two living religions. Collegium Medievale 3, 1990/2, pp. 126–136. (13 pages)
Sundqvist, O. Freyr's offspring. Rulers and religion in ancient Svea society. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Historia religionum 21. 2002, pp. 93–140. (47 pages)
Ross, M. C. Prolonged echoes. Old Norse myths in medieval northern society. Odense 1994, pp. 11–41. (30 pages)See, K. von. Snorri Sturluson and the creation of a Norse cultural ideology. Saga-Book. Viking Society for northern research, XXV, 4. University College London 2001, pp. 367–393. (26 pages)
Valk, H. Christianisation in Estonia: a process of dual-faith and syncretism. The cross goes North. Processes of conversion on northern Europe AD 300–1300. (Carver, M. ed.) York 2003, pp. 571–579. (8 pages)
3. The period of conversion
Written Sources
Rimbert. Anskar the apostle of the North. (Robinson, C. H. transl. and ed.). London 1921, pp. XX–XX. (c. 10 pages)
Adam of Bremen. History of the archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen. (Tschan, F. J. and T. Reuter transl. and eds.). New York 2002, pp. XX–XX. (c. 10 pages)
Snorri Sturluson. Heimskringla. History of the kings of Norway. (Hollander. L. ed. and transl.) Austin, Texas 1999. "Saga of H?kon the Good", ch. 13–18; "Saga of Olaf Tryggvason", ch. 58–73; "Saint Olaf's Saga", ch. 111–113. (22 pages)
The Gulathing law. The earliest Norwegian laws, being the Gulathing and the Frostathing law. (Larson, L. M. ed. and transl.) New York 1935. "The Church Law", pp. 35–61. (26 pages)
Runic inscriptions:
Jansson, S. B. F. Runes in Sweden. Stockholm 1987, pp. 106–126. (20 pages). Plus: The Kuli stone (N449) The Fr?s? stone (J RS 1928:66) The Ukna stone (SM145) The Jelling II stone (DR42) The Forsa ring (HS7) The Oklunda inscription (?G ?R 1980:29)
Archaeological sources
Welinder, S. Christianity, politics and ethnicity in early medieval J?mtland, Mid-Sweden. The cross goes North. Processes of conversion on northern Europe AD 300–1300. Carver, M. ed. York 2003, pp. 509–530. (21 pages)
Skre, D. Aristocratic dominion and landownership in Norway 200–1100 AD., Settlement and landscape (Fabech, C. and J. Ringtved eds.). ?rhus 1999,pp. 415–422. (7 pages)
Krogh, K. The royal viking-age monument at Jelling in the light of recent archaeological excavations. Acta Archaeologica 53, 1983, pp. 183–216. (33 pages)
Discussions
Carver, M. Introduction: Northern Europeans negotiate their future. The cross goes North. Processes of conversion on northern Europe AD 300–1300. Carver, M. ed. York 2003, pp. 3–13. (10 pages)
Sanmark, A. The role of secular rulers in the conversion of Sweden. The cross goes North. Processes of conversion on northern Europe AD 300–1300. Carver, M. ed. York 2003, pp. 551–558. (7 pages)
Gr?slund, A. S. Rune stones – on ornamentation and chronology. Developments around the Baltic and the North Sea in the viking age. (Ambrosiani, B. and H. Clarke eds.). (The Twelfth Viking Congress) (Birka studies 3). Stockholm 1994, pp. 117–131. (14 pages)
Fuglesang, S. H.. Swedish runestones of the eleventh century: ornament and dating. Runeninschriften als Quellen interdisziplin?rer Forschung. (Düwel, K. ed.). Berlin 1998, pp. 197–218. (21 pages)
Sawyer, B. Viking age rune-stones as a source for legal history. Nordiske middelalderlover. (Seminar NTNU 1996). Trondheim 1997, pp. 39–55. (16 pages).
Roesdahl, E. Princely burial in Scandinavia at the time of the conversion. Voyage to the other world. The legacy of Sutton Hoo. (Kendall, C. B. and P. S. Wells eds.). Minneapolis 1992, pp. 155–170. (15 pages)
Norseng, P. Law codes as a source for Nordic history in the middle ages. Scandinavian journal of history 16, 1991, pp. 137–166.
Sawyer, B. and P. Sawyer. Medieval Scandinavia. London 1993, pp. 80–99. (19 pages)
Brink, S. Law and legal custom in viking age Scandinavia. The Scandinavians. From the Vendel period to the tenth century. An ethnographic perspective. (Jesch, J. ed.). pp. 87–127. (30 pages)
Adalsteinsson, J. H. Blot and thing. Reykjavik 1998, pp. 35–56, 81–106. (26 pages)
4. The high middle ages
Written sources
The Old Norse homily on the dedication. Turville-Petre, G. Nine Norse studies. (Viking Society for Northern Research. University College London). London 1972, pp. 79– 101. (28 pages)
Archaeological sources
Anker, P. The art of Scandinavia I. London 1970, pp. XX–XX.
Andersson, A. The art of Scandinavia II. London 1970, pp. 31–48, 149–167, ills. figs. 11–30, 111–133.
Fuglesang, S. H. Christian reliquaries and pagan idols. Images of cult and devotion. Function and reception of Christian images in medieval and post-medieval Europe. (Kaspersen, S. and U. Haastrup eds.). K?benhavn 2004, pp. 7–32. (25 pages)
Discussions
Andrén, A. Landscape and settlement as utopian space. Settlement and landscape (Fabech,C. and J. Ringtved eds.). ?rhus 1999, pp. 383–393. (10 pages)
France, J. The Cistercians in Scandinavia. Kalamazoo 1992, pp. 1–26. (25 pages)
General reference works
Medieval Scandinavia (Pulsiano. O. ed.). New York 1993.
Dictionary of the middle ages (Strayer, J. ed.). New York 1987.
Lexikon des Mittelalters. Lachen am Zürichsee 1999.
Kulturhistorisk leksikon for nordisk middelalder. K?benhavn 1956–1978 (2nd ed. 1981).
The Blackwell encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England (Lapidge, M. et al. eds.). Oxford 1999.
The encyclopedia of religion (Eliade, M. et al. eds.). London 1995–.